The top brass of the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), led by its director of Special Operations, Louis D’Ambrosio, was in Santo Domingo to meet with the director of the Dominican Republic’s National Drug Control Agency (DNCD), Vice Admiral José M. Cabrera Ulloa. The meeting, held at the DNCD headquarters, was described as cordial and productive, in a DNCD press release.
During the encounter, D’Ambrosio commended the Dominican government for its leadership in the fight against drug trafficking and related crimes over the past four years.
“We will continue to strengthen cooperation in the fight against criminal networks and reaffirm our commitment to strengthening these relations with the Dominican Republic to bring more security and stability to the region,” expressed the DEA’s director of special operations, who spoke with great satisfaction with the work carried out by the DNCD.
For his part, Vice Admiral Cabrera Ulloa, head of the DNCD, appreciated the support received and pledged to continue working full-time to “strike and dismantle drug trafficking networks, money laundering, and all their tentacles.”
“On behalf of the government, we thank the DEA for all the cooperation we have received. There is no doubt that they have been a very essential part of this fight that the Dominican Republic is carrying out against the illicit trafficking of narcotics,” said Vice Admiral Cabrera Ulloa.
The meeting comes amid a joint investigation following the seizure of 9.8 tons of cocaine at the Multimodal Caucedo port, a historic milestone in the region’s fight against drug trafficking.
The DNCD is leading the investigation with the cooperation of the DEA and authorities from Belgium and Guatemala, as it is believed that drug trafficking groups from these three countries are directly involved in the movement of this massive shipment.
Members of the drug trafficking network attempted to transfer the cocaine shipment to a freight container that had departed from Guatemala, camouflaged in a banana shipment destined for the port of Antwerp, Belgium.
The logistics of moving the 9.8 tons of cocaine seized at the Caucedo Port were carefully designed by the drug trafficking network, which sent an empty container from Guatemala that would be filled with the cocaine shipment coming from South America, destined for Belgium.
Two containers are being investigated in this case. One of them arrived at the Caucedo port transported in a truck, which has already been identified, along with its driver; while the second came from Guatemala.
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19 December 2024