Members of the Navy of Dominican Republic (ARD) and agents of the National Directorate of Drug Control (DNCD), coordinated by members of the Public Ministry, seized a shipment of more than 1,000 pounds of alleged dopein the middle of a operative of surveillance and interdiction developed in the municipality of San Felipe, in the province of Puerto Plata.
The military and agents, after receiving reports of intelligencethey mobilized to the community of Guzmancito, Municipal District of Maimón, where several men were surprised aboard three vehiclesallegedly attempting to conduct a controlled substances transaction.
The individuals managed to flee the scene, leaving the vehicles and a total of 15 sacks, containing 547 bales, presumably dopeweighing approximately 1,002 pounds.
Several objects were also recovered at the scene. buckets filled with the vegetable, as well as three cell phones, 25,200 Dominican pesos, clothing, a wallet with documents and other evidence.
The troops of the Navy and members of the DNCD continue to search the entire area for possible illicitas well as new ones evidence that will allow those involved in the case to be identified, in order to arrest them and bring them to justice.
“We urge individuals to surrender to the authorities to answer before justice for the failed operation of drug trafficking“the anti-drug agency said in a statement.
In it operative A car, a truck and a van-type vehicle were seized, which were abandoned by the individuals, when they noticed the approach of the military and agents acting in the interdiction.
The bales of the vegetable were sent to the National Institute of Forensic Sciences (INACIF) for the corresponding purposes.
