The National Drug Control Department (DNCD) has expelled a colonel and two lieutenants who were caught protecting a group of alleged drug traffickers.

In a press conference, the DNCD said that the dismissed officers, who were stationed in San Pedro de Macoris and La Romana, had been discovered on the coast near San Rafael de Yuma with the gang members who were receiving a cocaine shipment.

The men are Colonel Manuel Isaac Jose Polanco, First Lieutenant Maximo Ramirez Eustaquio and Second Lieutenant Elvin Fulgencio Calderon. Those arrested for receiving the drugs were named as Carlos Eusebio Abreu, Juan Ramon Alberto Guerrero, Luis Manuel Polanco and Neiro Olivo Garcia Garcia.

The DNCD also announced they have also dismissed Colonel Cesar Martinez Lora who worked as an inspector for the DNCD in Higuey until recently. He was dismissed after being found in possession of drugs that had been confiscated with the intention of selling them.

The DNCD warned its members they if they carry out these types of actions, they will receive the same punishment as their fellow workers, as reported in El Caribe.

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