The National Drug Control Department (DNCD) reports that in the first 10 months of 1998 it has seized more narcotics and arrested more people for drug trafficking than in the entire year of 1997. Some 1,400 kilos of drugs, mostly cocaine and crack, have been seized so far. 2,515 people have been arrested for violating Law 50-88 on Controlled Substances, 509 more than in 1997. DNCD also reports that the DR has deported 51 foreigners so far this year for drug-relating offenses and that 22 people have been arrested on charges of laundering drug money.
