LA ALTAGRACIA.- Some 104 packages, presumably cocaine, that would be sent to Lisbon, Portugal, were confiscated through an intelligence and inspection operation carried out at the Punta Cana International Airport, La Altagracia province.
The agents of the National Drug Control Directorate (DNCD), members of the Specialized Airport Security Corps and canine units, coordinated by the Public Ministry, carried out supervision tasks in one of the areas of the terminal, when through the security system X-rays detected distorted images inside four suitcases.
Indeed, once the action protocol had begun, in the presence of a deputy prosecutor, the luggage was opened, occupying eight backpacks inside the suitcases, containing a total of 104 packages of the substance.
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Following up on the case, and as part of the expansion of the investigative process, the authorities arrested Henry Lappost Mercedes, through the arrest warrant, number (02292-2024), issued by the Permanent Attention Jurisdiction of the Judicial District of the province of La High grace.
“The Public Ministry and the DNCD deepen the investigations, while the search and capture teams activate the location of other individuals linked to the frustrated international drug trafficking operation”
Interdiction operations against drug trafficking have been redoubled in airports, ports and throughout the national territory, joint actions by official organizations, which have allowed them to continue dealing important blows to criminal networks.
The detainee is in the power of the corresponding authorities to determine coercive measures in the next few hours, while the 104 packages are being sent to the National Institute of Forensic Sciences (INACIF), to determine the exact type and weight through an analysis. of the substance.
