Authorities seized 130 bags of garlic weighing over 1 ton in Dajabon, on the border with Haiti. Members of Cesfront (the Specialized Corps of Frontier Security) and civilian authorities confiscated the shipment in a house on Maximo Gomez Street in the border city.
Taking part in the raid were the District Attorney for Dajabon, Carmen Julia Medrano Gonell and the Cesfront officers, they arrested Laura Hernandez, Gregory Jimenez and José Raul Martinez who were sent to the police station and Dajabon on instructions from the Cesfront commander Brigadier GeneralSugar Puttzi Frugis Martinez.
At the same time in the Cesfront officials together with inspectors from the Ministry of Environment seized 100 bags filled with torchwood (myrisbalsamifera), a very dense hardwood rich in resin and a very high value for its essential oils, beautiful wood and its multiple uses in perfumes, medicine, cosmetics and even incense.
The Daihatsu truck carrying the wood (called “guaconejo”) on the highway near the Bahia de las Aguilas, in the province of Pedernales. The people involved are under indictment for violating the Environmental Law that prohibits wood cutting in protected areas.
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El Nacional
19 April 2018
