“DNCD and Public Ministry strike micro-trafficking networks in SDE”

Santo Domingo Este. The National Drug Control Agency (DNCD), in coordination with the Public Ministry, reported that during the last week, operations against micro-trafficking networks operating in different sectors of the Santo Domingo Este municipality were intensified, as part of a joint strategy of the Joint Task Force (FTC).

As a result of these interventions, the authorities executed multiple raids and targeted operations that concluded with the arrest of 42 people and the seizure of 17,822 grams of alleged cocaine, 87 grams of marijuana, and three portions of a rocky material presumed to be crack.

In addition, three scales, two motorcycles, and cash were seized, items that, according to authorities, were allegedly used for the distribution and commercialization of controlled substances.

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The actions were concentrated in various sectors of Santo Domingo East, including Cancino, Los Mina, Katanga, Invimosa, Borojol, Villa Faro, Bello Campo, Nuevo Renacer, Villa Liberación, Residencial del Este, Villa Carmen, Ensanche Isabelita, Los Mameyes, Los Tres Ojos, Alma Rosa, Maquiteria, and Villa Duarte, among others.

The DNCD and the Public Ministry reported that the detainees were placed at the disposal of the justice system to face coercive measures in the coming hours, for violation of Law 50-88 on drugs and controlled substances.

The authorities highlighted that these actions are part of the continuous strengthening of interdiction operations throughout the national territory, with the goal of dismantling drug distribution networks and capturing the main leaders of these criminal structures.

Likewise, they reiterated their commitment to maintain and expand these operations as part of the policy of frontal combat against micro-trafficking and drug trafficking in the country.