{"id":481415,"date":"2025-09-04T10:39:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-04T14:39:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/army-seizes-more-than-200000-cigarettes-discovered-under-two-vans-in-valverde\/"},"modified":"2025-09-04T10:39:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T14:39:08","slug":"army-seizes-more-than-200000-cigarettes-discovered-under-two-vans-in-valverde","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/dominican-news\/army-seizes-more-than-200000-cigarettes-discovered-under-two-vans-in-valverde\/","title":{"rendered":"Army seizes more than 200,000 cigarettes discovered under two vans in Valverde"},"content":{"rendered":"<strong><em>The drivers of the vans were arrested and will be sent before the authorities of the Public Ministry for trafficking in illicit goods.<\/em><\/strong>\n\n<em><strong>Valverde, RD.<\/strong><\/em> A total of 209,600 units of Capital brand cigarettes, introduced into the country illegally, were seized by the Dominican Republic Army during two <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ejercito.mil.do\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">operations<\/a> carried out in the Maizal section, Valverde province.\n\nIn the first case, Alquimides Bueno Rodriguez was arrested, who was driving a white Toyota Hilux pickup truck, license plate L479055, in which he was transporting 499 packs of Capital brand cigarettes, equivalent to 99,800 units.\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Read more: <a href=\"https:\/\/ab.deultimominuto.net\/internacionales\/ejercito-intercepta-tres-vehiculos-con-34-indocumentados-en-mao-valverde\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"521084\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Army intercepts three vehicles with 34 undocumented immigrants in Mao-Valverde<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\nMinutes later, the ERD patrol stopped Mariolis Juli\u00e1n Fortuna Pe\u00f1a, driver of another white Toyota Hilux pickup truck, license plate L525791, inside of which were found 549 packs of Capital cigarettes, equivalent to 109,800 units.\n\nThe detainees will be sent before the authorities of the Public Ministry to be prosecuted for trafficking in illicit goods.\n\nWhile the illegal cargo will be handed over to the authorities of the Specialized Corps for the Control of Fuels and Merchandise (CECCOM) for the corresponding legal purposes.\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The drivers of the vans were arrested and will be sent before the authorities of the Public Ministry for trafficking in illicit goods. Valverde, RD. 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