The National Drug Control Department (DNCD) reports that the US has requested the extradition of six Dominicans involved in the Quirino Ernesto Paulino Castillo case. Their names were not disclosed. Paulino Castillo was extradited to the US where he is facing drug trafficking and money laundering charges related to the seizure of 1,387 kilos of cocaine in Santo Domingo last December. DNCD president Ivan Pena Castillo said that Paulino Castillo has many allies in the DR who are able to hinder the authorities in the investigation process. These are people with economic power that helps them create methods of evasion, commercial associates that give their collaboration, stated Pena Castillo.