{"id":171524,"date":"2022-01-05T08:09:30","date_gmt":"2022-01-05T12:09:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/wordpress\/?p=171524"},"modified":"2022-01-05T10:39:13","modified_gmt":"2022-01-05T14:39:13","slug":"dncd-seizes-176-packages-of-cocaine-off-barahona-coasts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2022\/01\/05\/dncd-seizes-176-packages-of-cocaine-off-barahona-coasts\/","title":{"rendered":"DNCD seizes 176 packages of cocaine off Barahona coasts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/176-Paquetes-Cocaina-DNCD.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-171634\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/176-Paquetes-Cocaina-DNCD.jpg 600w, https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/176-Paquetes-Cocaina-DNCD-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The National Drug Control Agency (DNCD), the Dominican Armada, with the support of state Intelligence agencies and the coordination of the Public Prosecutor&#8217;s Office, seized 176 packages, presumably cocaine, in a maritime and land interdiction operation, carried out in the southwestern province of Barahona.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The DNCD agents and Navy agents, following intelligence reports, intercepted the speedboat with the drugs several nautical miles south of Barahona coast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Upon boarding the 25-foot-long boat, two Dominicans were arrested and seven bales containing 176 packages of the substance were seized.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The authorities have determined that the boat occupants, who will be sent to justice, arrived from South America.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;After receiving an alert, tactical and reaction units were mobilized along the entire coastline of Enriquillo and Oviedo, managing to thwart the entry of the shipment into the country,&#8221; states the press release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The DNCD and the Public Prosecutor&#8217;s Office are expanding their investigations and are pursuing other individuals linked to this drug trafficking network operating in the southern part of the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 176 packages were sent to the National Institute of Forensic Sciences (INACIF) to determine the type and exact weight of the substance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read more in Spanish:<br><a href=\"https:\/\/dncd.gob.do\/index.php\/noticias1\/noticias\/item\/1216-apresan-dos-en-barahona-con-176-paquetes-presumiblemente-cocaina\">DNCD <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>5 January 2022<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The National Drug Control Agency (DNCD), the Dominican Armada, with the support of state Intelligence agencies and the coordination of the Public Prosecutor&#8217;s Office, seized 176 packages, presumably cocaine, in a maritime and land interdiction operation, carried out in the southwestern province of Barahona. The DNCD agents and Navy agents, following intelligence reports, intercepted the &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2022\/01\/05\/dncd-seizes-176-packages-of-cocaine-off-barahona-coasts\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[293,3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171524"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=171524"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171524\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":171635,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171524\/revisions\/171635"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=171524"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=171524"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=171524"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}