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Another incident of a large amount of cash seized, suspected to be drug related

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National Drug Control Agency officers and state prosecutors seized EUR690,400 that had arrived in a freight container to the Multimodal Caucedo Port from Europe.

The DNCD also reported that on 25 May 2018, in an intelligence operation, three Dominicans were arrested when attempting to complete a transaction involving US$652,535.00 at Av. Gregorio Luperón in San Gerónimo, National District.

On 15 May 2018, the US Border Patrol and the Puerto Rico Police Department (PRPD) Joint Forces for Rapid Action (FURA) agents seized 1326 pounds (601 Kilos) of cocaine on 14 May inside a vessel, arresting two aliens from the Dominican Republic. The estimated value of the seized narcotics was US$15.6 million.

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DNCD

28 May 2018