Two Police officers and three agents of the National Drug Control Agency (DNCD) have been arrested following a raid carried out in the DNCD office in southwestern San Juan de la Maguana. El Dia reported that the names of those arrested in the case are Police lieutenant colonel Andrés Martínez, Police captain José Castillo, and DNCD agents Wilson Sánchez, and Wilkins Peralta and Samuel Escalante. The DNCD stated the men had committed “irregularities in the exercise of their duties”.
The press release added that having carried out an investigation, as part of which a security camera was installed in front of the DNCD office in San Juan, it was discovered that the agents were linked to activities which were against the law in violation of the ethical, legal and professional principles. The investigation was carried out by an internal department of the DNCD together with the public prosecution service.
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El Dia
Listin Diario
28 November 2017
