The seizures of drugs carried out by the National Drug Control Directorate (DNCD) have revealed different methods used by organizations of drug trafficking to camouflage the substances controlled at the time of shipment. One of the most recent was to fill with cocaine figures of ceramics in the form of lemons.
According to anti-narcotics sources, the smell of units canines has been key to detecting these cases. Additionally, agents are on the lookout for large amounts of products sent to certain locations. Mostly, these drugs They are destined for the United States and Europe.
In the case of the figures of ceramics in the form of lemonsthese were 162 pieces that were in a container next to the real fruits and that would be sent to Belgium on Monday, November 11 through the José Francisco Peña Gómez International Airport of Las Américas.
It is not the only case in which organizations criminals use objects everyday to transport drugs. Another example was an electric guitar seized on November 8, which was filled with paste based on cocaine.
Likewise, they seized a mattress inflatable that contained inside sheets of cocaine liquid that would be sent to Spain on November 4, through an international shipping company.
October cases
In October, the Directorate seized 29 packages of dope inside cans of powdered milk and cold tea that arrived at the port of Haina Oriental, Santo Domingo Oeste municipality, from Brooklyn, United States, on October 26.
Days before, on the 22nd of the same month, the authorities seized three bottles that pretended to be rum, but that were full of cocaine liquid at the Punta Cana International Airport, La Altagracia, which were destined for London, England.
Likewise, on October 5, the agents frustrated the sending of 19 holder plates filled with cocaine who were heading to the United States.
September
On September 13, five were going to be sent towels soaked in cocaine to Spain through an international shipping company; However, authorities thwarted the shipment and seized the narcotics.
Likewise, four were occupied sheets of cocaine camouflaged in cases products of beauty that were going to be sent to London on September 5, while on the 2nd of the same month they seized 204 sheets of cocainecamouflaged in a load of bananas bound for Europe.
August
On August 17, they seized a container loaded with mangoes and auyamas in which there was a double bottom in the floor with three compartments, inside which 84 packages of cocaine. Likewise, they occupied 23 sheets of cocaine camouflaged in several cardboard boxes that would be sent to the United States on August 6.
Other cases
On July 12, DNCD agents prevented the shipment of 21 pots of treatment for him hair filled with cocaineweighing 900 grams. The narcotics were under a false bottom inside the bottles. The shipment was to be sent to Australia.
Likewise, on July 5, 235 grams of cocaine distributed in eight envelopes camouflaged as sleeve cases. protection solarthrough an international shipping company destined for Australia.
While, on July 3, the DNCD frustrated an attempt to send cocaine hidden in 149 garments of dressincluding t-shirts, socks and shorts. The narcotic was discovered in a suitcase at the Punta Cana International Airport, in the province of La Altagracia, just before being sent to France. The suitcase was owned by an Italian, who was arrested by the authorities.
On June 30, DNCD agents seized eight sheets of cocaine inside a cardboard box that was hidden between products groceries during an operation at the Las Américas International Airport. The shipment, apparently destined for Cuba, was intercepted during the interdiction.
Additionally, on June 27, 387.51 kilograms of cocaine inside several tanks loaded with Honey in the Port of Caucedo, in Boca Chica. The drug Its final destination was Belgium.
On June 22, anti-narcotics agents seized 500 grams of cocaine camouflaged in jars of treatment for him hair at the Dominican Postal Institute (Inposdom), destined for the United States. The box was sent by a woman with an assumed address in Andrés, Boca Chica, province of Santo Domingo.
Also, on June 13, they seized a shipment of 1,261 pounds of dopeequivalent to 571 kilograms, in the Port of Haina Oriental, Santo Domingo Oeste. The substance was used in several containers who arrived at the terminal from Costa Rica; In one of them, two compactor rolls (used for rollers) from heavy machinery were found that, when subjected to the X-ray machine, showed images with discrepancies.
Likewise, 13 were discovered watches of wall filled with cocaineas well as a plan holder covered with three sheets of the same substance during inspection operations carried out at an international shipping company and at the Dominican Postal Institute on April 17.
On March 27, 14 were also seized portions of cocaineweighing approximately 200 grams, hidden in several pylons intended to be shipped to the United States via an international shipping company.
