In a joint effort with other law enforcement agencies and law enforcement officials National Drug Control Directorate (DNCD) from Dominican Republic They seized 251 packages of alleged cocaine. According to the authorities, the delivery was illegal It was later shipped to Puerto Rico, which is part of the United States territory..
In a press release, the DNCD stated that it is currently implementing new strategies to combat drug trafficking.
As part of this effort, officials They coordinated with members of the State Ministry and inspectors from the General Customs Directorate (DGA) to carry out the successful operation.
During the joint inspection work at the port of Haina Oriental, municipality of Santo Domingo Oeste, They seized 251 packages of alleged cocaine. The operation consisted of several steps. First they received an intelligence warning.
With this data They activated the action log and began scanning dozens of containers that according to the manifesto They would be shipped to Puerto Rico.
After several hours of work, the authorities An export container loaded with plastics was confiscatedin which there were ten packages containing the packages. This They were packed in plastic bags and marked with various logos..
When carrying out the findthe Public Ministry and the DNCD They launched an investigation for identify, arrest and bring to justice to the members of this international drug trafficking network.
“It’s about criminal structures whose operation mode is to introduce large caches in various loads Try to bypass the controls set up by the authorities in the country’s terminals“, they reported.
In recent operations, agents of the US Border Patrol. (USBPfor its acronym in English) the San Diego area, Californiaseized them more than 84 kilograms of narcotics.
The seizures took place multiple events along the state’s southern highways in a period of two weeks.
One of the most surprising incidents occurred on April 4, when officers from the Newton-Azrak station in Murrieta stopped a vehicle on Interstate 15 North. inside, discovered 60 packages with:
The remaining arrests are in California the officers found:
Since the start of the fiscal year in October, the agency said on its official website, the USBP agents confiscated:
All people involved were arrested and charges were filed. After the recent operations in California, San Diego Sector Patrol Chief Agent Justin De La Torre emphasized: “Whether To stop human traffickers or prevent deadly drugs from entering our countryThe Border security saves lives”.
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