Agents from the Central Antinarcotics Division (DICAN) have arrested a National Police colonel as he was carrying out a transaction involving 41 packs of marijuana on Charles de Gaulle Avenue. The suspect is identified as Lieutenant Colonel Richar Capitrano Diaz de los Santos who was arrested along with Alfredo Bienvenido Ciprian Cespedes, Felix Encarnacion Encarnacion, Felipe Alberto Manon Rosso and Yuni De Jesus Valenzuela.
DICAN said that the first 31 packets of marijuana were in a Toyota pickup and another 10 in a Toyota Corolla car with a total weight of 135 pounds. Those detained had their vehicles confiscated along with a pistol and five cell phones.
The director of DICAN, General Edward Sanchez Gonzalez has warned on different occasions that he will not tolerate bribes or corruption in the force.
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