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Major Cocaine Seizure Off the Dominican Republic
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The Dominican Republic announced on Saturday the seizure of 1.6 tons of cocaine from South America during an operation with the support of the United States.
Significant blow to drug trafficking rings
A joint operation between the DNCD and the DEA resulted in the capture of a vessel after a chase and the exchange of fire.
The authorities of the Dominican Republic, with the support of the Drug Control Administration (DEA) of the United States, seized 1.6 tons of suspected cocaine in the intervention of a boat in the south-west of the country and whose members managed to flee, official sources reported on Saturday.The entry Dominican Republic seizes 1.6 tons of suspected cocaine in the south-west of the country was first published in Proceso Digital.
A shipment of 1,670 packages of suspected cocaine, equivalent to about 1.6 tons, was seized by Dominican authorities during an operation carried out off the coast of the province of Pedernales, where there was a gunfight with suspected drug traffickers. (Read more...) The entry Confiscan 1.6 tons of cocaine in Pedernales was first published in Remolacha - Noticias Dominicana.
Considered as one of the most severe blows to drug trafficking networks and transnational organized crime, agents of the National Drug Control Directorate (DNCD), members of the Dominican Navy, (ARD), the Air Force (FARD), the Army (ERD), state intelligence agencies, with the support of the Southern Interagency Task Force (JIATFS) and the United States Drug Control Administration (DEA), coordinated by members of the Public Prosecutor's Office, s…
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