Santo Domingo- Based on the evidence presented by the Public Ministry, a judge in Santo Domingo Oeste imposed three months of preventive detention, as a coercive measure, on a man accused of adulteration, falsification, and illicit production of alcoholic beverages in his residence, located in the Bella Colinas sector of Manoguayabo.
During the processing, Alberto Lima García was found to have dozens of bottles with labels of different registered brands, containing adulterated alcohol inside.
The product was seized during a raid led by the Public Ministry, the National Intelligence Directorate (Dintel), and the Specialized Corps for Fuel Control and Merchandise Trade (Cecom).
Prosecutor Anyelina Vicioso detailed in the coercion measure request that the search was carried out on April 24 at the residence of the accused, on Central Street S/N Avenida del Este, of the aforementioned sector, where they found instruments for the packaging, manipulation, falsification and adulteration of alcoholic beverages.
Vicioso indicated that, in the two-story house, on the second level, the accused had a clandestine collection center in operation, where eight gallons of a liquid, presumably alcohol, were seized, in addition to several gallons of a brown-colored liquid, a plastic meter, as well as thousands of labels, caps and empty bottles of different recognized brands of whiskey, rum and tequila.
Also, dozens of boxes with bottles filled with alcohol that were not properly sealed, with erasures and without sanitary registration, were seized. The prosecutor pointed out that the accused distributed the seized merchandise in establishments selling alcoholic beverages, which are being investigated.
During the hearing, prosecutor José Manuel Polanco requested the imposition of a measure to judge Cecilia Toribio, of the Judicial Office of Permanent Attention Services of Santo Domingo Oeste.
The Public Ministry requested preventive detention and that the case be declared complex due to being an investigation involving organized, systematic, and continuous illicit activity that carries a serious risk to public health and undermines the Dominican State, as it involves manipulated products intended for human consumption and in violation of health regulations.
Lima García, who must comply with the coercion measure in the Najayo Men’s Correction and Rehabilitation Center (CCR), in San Cristóbal, was brought to justice for the violation of several laws that prohibit and punish counterfeiting, illicit trade, smuggling, and manipulation of products for human consumption.
