Anti-noise operation leaves eight businesses closed in Baní and Nizao

Santo Domingo.- A comprehensive anti-noise control and supervision operation of night establishments carried out during the weekend left at least eight businesses temporarily closed and several more notified in the municipalities of Baní and Nizao, Peravia province. The day was led by representatives from the Ministry of Interior and Police, the Alcohol Beverage Control Department (COBA), the Public Ministry, the National Police, and the National Drug Control Directorate (DNCD), as part of the citizen security and public order actions being carried out nationwide. According to preliminary reports, the closed businesses, including bars, drinks, and nightclubs, incurred violations related to noise pollution, failure to comply with operating hours, expired permits, and other administrative offenses. The interventions began from the early hours of Saturday night and extended until the early hours of Sunday, covering both urban and rural areas of the province.

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The operation involved Colonel Juana Jiménez Cruceta, who was present along with representatives of the Public Ministry supervising the actions. Authorities conducted interventions in sectors of downtown and the northern zone of Baní, as well as in neighborhoods and municipal districts of Nizao, including Santana, Pizarrete and Catalina, in addition to communities such as Peravia and Fundación de Peravia. According to witnesses, during the operations speakers were dismantled, customers were evicted from some establishments, and formal notifications were delivered to administrators and owners, who must appear before the corresponding authorities to answer for the detected infractions. The authorities indicated that these operations were carried out simultaneously in different provinces of the country, with the aim of supervising operating permits, noise levels of and the proper use of public spaces.