In an operation that lasted nine hours, members of the National Drug Control Agency (DNCD) assisted by the Dominican Navy and the Public Prosecutor’s Office, seized 700 packages of what is presumed to be cocaine in Nigua, San Cristóbal. The agency reported the drugs had arrived on a Go-Fast type vessel that landed off the shore of Nigua. The DNCD reported that crew and another eight linked to the operation were arrested. These include six Dominicans, one Peruvian, four Colombians, all said to be members of an international drug-trafficking organization. The men were heavily armed.
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DNCD
18 March 2020