The National Drug Control Agency (DNCD) announced on 3 April 2022 the seizing of a shipment of 1,129 packages presumably of cocaine at Multimodal Caucedo Port in eastern Santo Domingo. The drugs would have a street value of US$70 million.
Following intelligence reports, anti-narcotics agents, accompanied by military and canine units, searched dozens of containers for export in the terminal’s verification area. Then, as part of the process, they were inspected by X-ray machines. Subsequently, in the presence of a deputy prosecutor, 33 packages of the substance were found inside, wrapped with adhesive tape after a more rigorous search.
The shipment would have been sent to the port of Rotterdam, Netherlands, camouflaged in a load of footwear.
No one has been arrested yet. The Public Prosecutor’s Office and the DNCD have opened an investigation into those who may be involved in this national and international drug trafficking network.
In the first months of this year, the DNCD, with the support of the Armed Forces, the Attorney General’s Office, the Police and intelligence agencies, has seized 7.0 tons of cocaine alone, an unprecedented figure in Dominican drug trafficking and organized crime history.
The 1,129 packages were sent to the National Institute of Forensic Sciences (INACIF) to carry out the necessary analysis and determine the type and exact weight of the substance.
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4 April 2022