Officers of the National Drug Control Agency (DNCD) seized 659 packages of what is suspect to be cocaine off the coasts of Bayahibe, La Altagracia provinces, and another 23 during a raid on a residence at Calle N near Calle Primera in Bayahibe. Some US$42,880 was also seized at the site. The 659 packages were seized after the yacht was intercepted at sea. As reported five Dominicans and a Colombian are under arrest in this case. It is believed that the drugs were to be shipped to Puerto Rico. Likewise, at a ranch in La Lima, La Altagracia, an arsenal of firearms, drugs and a packaging workshop were dismantled, together with two vessels. A press release from the DNCD says the shipment was arranged by an international drug trafficking ring. The suspected packages of drugs were sent to the National Institute of Foreign Sciences for verification.
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DNCD
10 December 2018
