{"id":511992,"date":"2026-06-22T09:26:58","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T13:26:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/50000-cigarettes-hidden-in-secret-compartment-seized-during-operation-in-santiago-rodriguez\/"},"modified":"2026-06-22T09:26:58","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T13:26:58","slug":"50000-cigarettes-hidden-in-secret-compartment-seized-during-operation-in-santiago-rodriguez","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/uncategorized\/50000-cigarettes-hidden-in-secret-compartment-seized-during-operation-in-santiago-rodriguez\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;50,000 cigarettes hidden in secret compartment seized during operation in Santiago Rodr\u00edguez&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"&#8220;n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Mao, Valverde.<\/strong> \u2013 Members of the Dominican Republic Army (ERD), attached to the 4th Infantry Brigade, seized a contraband of 50,000 cigarettes during an operation carried out on the Mao\u2013Santiago Rodr\u00edguez highway, near the municipality of Villa Los Alm\u00e1cigos, Santiago Rodr\u00edguez province.<\/p>n&#8221;\n\n&#8220;n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The military personnel detected a Ford Explorer vehicle, red, year 2000, license plate G104143, whose driver, upon noticing the military presence, fled, which led to a pursuit. Subsequently, the individual abandoned the vehicle and managed to escape from the scene.<\/p>n&#8221;\n\n&#8220;n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During the inspection of the car, the soldiers discovered a secret compartment adapted into the vehicle&#8217;s original structure, under the seats, where 250 packs of Capital brand cigarettes were being transported, equivalent to 50,000 units of foreign origin.<\/p>n&#8221;\n\n&#8220;n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/uncategorized\/incautan-cigarrillos-contrabando\/\">You may also read: 160 thousand units of contraband cigarettes seized from four mules in El\u00edas Pi\u00f1a<\/a><\/p>n&#8221;\n\n&#8220;n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Both the vehicle and the seized merchandise were transferred to the headquarters of the 4th Infantry Brigade of the Dominican Republic Army, where they remain in custody for the corresponding legal procedures.<\/p>n&#8221;\n\n&#8220;n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Dominican Republic Army reaffirms its commitment to continue strengthening surveillance, intelligence, and patrol operations in the border zone and other regions of the country, with the goal of combating smuggling and other illicit activities that affect national security and the economy.<\/p>n&#8221;\n\n&#8220;n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>n&#8221;","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;n Mao, Valverde. \u2013 Members of the Dominican Republic Army (ERD), attached to the 4th Infantry Brigade, seized a contraband of 50,000 cigarettes during an operation carried out on the Mao\u2013Santiago Rodr\u00edguez highway, near the municipality of Villa Los Alm\u00e1cigos, Santiago Rodr\u00edguez province. n&#8221; &#8220;n The military personnel detected a Ford Explorer vehicle, red, year [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":511993,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-511992","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phj1q1-29bW","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-06-22-at-9.25.41-AM.jpeg","dum_api":{"author_name":"Redacci\u00f3n De \u00daltimo Minuto","author_image":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/cropped-logo-de-ultimo-minuto-96x96.png","categories_name":["Uncategorized"],"featured_media_url":"https:\/\/cdn.deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-06-22-at-9.25.41-AM.jpeg"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/511992","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=511992"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/511992\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/511993"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=511992"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=511992"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=511992"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}