Army seizes about 19 pounds of alleged marijuana abandoned by undocumented Haitian immigrants in Dajabón

Dajabón, RD. – A patrol of the Dominican Republic Army seized 19.7 pounds of a plant, presumably marijuana, during an operation carried out in the community of Los Miches, province Dajabón. The military patrol called for a group of five Haitian nationals in irregular migratory status to stop, who fled in the dark, leaving behind two backpacks, inside which the vegetable was found.

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The alleged marijuana will be delivered to the National Drug Control Directorate (DNCD) through official certification, in order to exhaust the corresponding legal process.