{"id":239328,"date":"2025-07-29T07:11:03","date_gmt":"2025-07-29T11:11:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/?p=239328"},"modified":"2025-07-29T09:22:34","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T13:22:34","slug":"dncd-seizes-over-1300-lbs-of-marijuana-in-montecristi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2025\/07\/29\/dncd-seizes-over-1300-lbs-of-marijuana-in-montecristi\/","title":{"rendered":"DNCD seizes over 1,300 lbs of marijuana in Montecristi"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img src=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Cargamento-1300-lbs-marihuana-DNCD-1024x660.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-239405\" width=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Cargamento-1300-lbs-marihuana-DNCD-1024x660.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Cargamento-1300-lbs-marihuana-DNCD-300x193.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Cargamento-1300-lbs-marihuana-DNCD-768x495.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Cargamento-1300-lbs-marihuana-DNCD.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>In a significant blow to drug trafficking, the National Drug Control Agency (DNCD), in a joint operation with the Public Ministry (Attorney General Office), has confiscated a shipment of 1,303 pounds of suspected marijuana in Montecristi province, on the northwest coast of the country. The seizure is reportedly the result of extensive surveillance and intelligence work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Acting on intelligence, operational units and prosecutors raided a residence on Dominicanos Residentes en Estados Unidos Street in the Buen Hombre sector of Villa V\u00e1squez municipality of Montecristi. The property was believed to be a stash house for illicit substances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Upon entering the home, authorities conducted a thorough inspection, discovering 24 white sacks containing 154 packages of a plant substance, believed to be marijuana, with an estimated weight of 1,303 pounds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Authorities are intensifying their investigation into this thwarted international drug trafficking operation, vowing to continue their joint interdiction efforts against drug networks, a press release from the DNCD indicates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The Public Ministry and the DNCD are actively searching for several individuals who are reportedly part of a network that moves drugs by sea from Jamaica to the coasts of Montecristi,&#8221; the DNCD statement reads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read more in Spanish:<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dncd.gob.do\/categoria\/Noticias\/dncd-confisca-cargamento-de-mas-de-1-300-libras-de-presunta-marihuana-en-montecristi\">DNCD <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>29 July 2025<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a significant blow to drug trafficking, the National Drug Control Agency (DNCD), in a joint operation with the Public Ministry (Attorney General Office), has confiscated a shipment of 1,303 pounds of suspected marijuana in Montecristi province, on the northwest coast of the country. The seizure is reportedly the result of extensive surveillance and intelligence &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2025\/07\/29\/dncd-seizes-over-1300-lbs-of-marijuana-in-montecristi\/\" 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":[337,3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239328"}],"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=239328"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239328\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":239406,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239328\/revisions\/239406"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=239328"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=239328"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=239328"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}