A video went viral over the weekend showing National Drug Control Agency (DNCD) agents allegedly planting drugs during an inspection in the El Mana barbershop on Guillermo Mauri Street in Villa Vasquez, in northwestern Montecristi.
The video shows when a person who was getting a haircut receives a call and then drops a matchbox with marihuana that would be “found” by the drug control agents. It also shows DNCD agents throwing drug packets in the garbage cans of the barbershop.
The video was shared online by the owner of the barbershop in his defense. The video shows how the agents changed their attitude once they learned surveillance cameras were filming. The agents demanded the owner turn in the video taken of the inspection.
People in Montecristi signal out the agents acted in cooperation with the provincial prosecutor Carmen Lisset Núñez Peña. The video shows she arrived minutes after the drug were planted in the barbershop to take part in the inspection operation.
A subsequent DNCD press note explained that no one was arrested at the barbershop. The note said the agents acted with the coordination of adjunct prosecutor for Montecristi, Núñez Peña. The raid was carried out following the order of judge Javierca Antonia Núñez of Montecristi.
The narrator of the video says that the prosecutor is known to have extorted individuals and business owners before. This is the first time her actions are captured on video, with evidence of the action presented, said the narrator.
On Saturday evening, 3 August 2019, the DNCD announced the suspension of all working at the Villa Vasquez DNCD station for investigation.
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5 August 2019