{"id":176446,"date":"2022-04-04T07:08:07","date_gmt":"2022-04-04T11:08:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/wordpress\/?p=176446"},"modified":"2022-04-04T07:26:45","modified_gmt":"2022-04-04T11:26:45","slug":"major-cocaine-haul-at-multimodal-caucedo-port","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2022\/04\/04\/major-cocaine-haul-at-multimodal-caucedo-port\/","title":{"rendered":"Major cocaine haul at Multimodal Caucedo Port"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"686\" src=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Drug-haul-1024x686.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-176472\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Following intelligence reports, anti-narcotics agents, accompanied by military and canine units, searched dozens of containers for export in the terminal&#8217;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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The shipment would have been sent to the port of Rotterdam, Netherlands, camouflaged in a load of footwear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>No one has been arrested yet. The Public Prosecutor&#8217;s Office and the DNCD have opened an investigation into those who may be involved in this national and international drug trafficking network.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the first months of this year, the DNCD, with the support of the Armed Forces, the Attorney General&#8217;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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read more in Spanish:<br><a href=\"https:\/\/dncd.gob.do\/index.php\/noticias1\/noticias\/item\/1284-otro-golpe-ocupan-1-129-paquetes-presumiblemente-cocaina-en-puerto-caucedo\">DNCD<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>4 April 2022<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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 &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2022\/04\/04\/major-cocaine-haul-at-multimodal-caucedo-port\/\" 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\/176446"}],"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=176446"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176446\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":176474,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176446\/revisions\/176474"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=176446"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=176446"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=176446"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}