Pubdate: Fri, 29 Sep 2006
Source: Dominican Today (Dominican Republic)
Copyright: 2006 Dominican Today
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Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/4101

DOMINICAN AUTHORITIES INCINERATE OVER 3 TONS OF DRUGS

SANTO DOMINGO.- The National Drugs Control Agency  (DNCD) incinerated 
a record amountg drugs seized in  ports, airports and diverse parts 
of the country in  little more than one month.

More than 3,000 kilos of cocaine, 20,231extasis  tablets, 15 kilos of 
crack, 119 pounds of marijuana, 76  kilos of heroin and 136 kilos 
grams of hashish were  incinerated in the presence DNCD chief Rafael 
Ramirez,  judicial, police and military authorities, and members  of 
the diplomatic corps.

The narcotics were seized between August 16 and  September 26 and 
incinerated in the Army's First  Brigade Headquarters, located 25 
kilometers north of  this capital.

Of that amount, 2,588 kilos of cocaine correspond to  the record 
cache discovered in containers in the  Caucedo Multimodal Port last week.

In the same period 30 people were arrested in  connection with drug trafficking.
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