DNCD arrests French national in Punta Cana who was to travel to Paris with four packages of cocaine

Santo Domingo.- Agents of the National Drug Control Directorate (DNCD) and members of the Specialized Airport Security Corps (CESAC), under the coordination of the Public Ministry, arrested a French national and seized four packages of cocaine at Punta Cana International Airport. The operational units, supported by canine units, intervened with the passenger in the departure area of the terminal, when he intended to board a flight to the city of Paris and, after checking his luggage, suspicious images were observed through one of the X-ray machines, the DNCD said in a note.

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The prosecutor, according to the note, instructed a more rigorous inspection, locating inside a suitcase, camouflaged among clothing, a total of four packages of cocaine wrapped in luminescent paper with a preliminary weight of nine kilograms. The 25-year-old Frenchman will be brought to justice in the coming hours for violating law 50-88 on drugs and controlled substances, while the Public Prosecutor's Office and the DNCD are deepening investigations to determine if there are others involved in the frustrated operation. "We are facing international drug trafficking structures, which recruit people (mules) of different nationalities, to traffic controlled substances to the United States and Europe", added the organization.