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Security Operatives Seize 119,000 Grams of Narcotics Over Weekend in Dominican Republic

As part of their mission to attack and prosecute the illicit trafficking of narcotic substances, agents of the National Directorate of Drug Control (DNCD) and members of the Public Prosecutor’s Office, supported by the National Police, seized more than 119 thousand grams of different narcotics, in joint operations carried out over the weekend, in a large part of the national territory.

During the interdiction work to eradicate the sale and consumption of drugs, 692 people were arrested, and 87,902 grams of cocaine, 27,336 of marijuana, 4,171 of crack and 12 ecstasy pills were seized, for a total of 119,409 grams.

The operations were concentrated in the National District and the provinces of Santo Domingo, La Altagracia, La Romana, Hato Mayor, El Seibo, San Pedro de Macorís, San Cristóbal, Peravia, Azua, Barahona and Pedernales.

They also extended to neighbourhoods in the demarcations of Monseñor Nouel, La Vega, Duarte, Espaillat, Hermanas Mirabal, María Trinidad Sánchez, Samaná and Sanchez Ramirez, among others.

In the operation to confront micro-trafficking, 04 firearms, 14 knives and machetes, 01 vehicles, 35 motorcycles, 205 cell phones, 18 communication radios, 61 scales, 01 bulletproof vest, 04 slot machines, cash and other evidence used by narcotics trafficking and sale networks were also seized.

It should be noted that during 2024, the DNCD and the Public Prosecutor’s Office, with the support of the Police, have redoubled joint actions against the trafficking of narcotic substances, managing to take more than 11 million grams of cocaine, marijuana, crack, ecstasy and other narcotics off the streets.

It is recalled that at the beginning of December, the anti-narcotics agency ordered the reinforcement of surveillance and interdiction operations at airports, ports, coasts, borders, and throughout the national territory.

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