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01-29-2009, 06:00 PM
Twenty-two police officers listed in a notebook taken from an accused drug dealer in Bonao were arrested by Chief of Police Rafael Guillermo Guzman Fermin and transferred to the north-central Regional Command in Santiago de los Caballeros yesterday. The notebook was found by National Drug Control Department (DNCD) agents.
General Eduardo Then, commander of the north-central Regional Command headquarters in Santiago came to Bonao to transfer the 22 to Santiago for investigations.
Major General Guzman Fermin arrived early yesterday morning by helicopter to swear in Colonel Miguel Abreu Suriel to replace Colonel Antonio Cepeda Urena as commander of the city of Bonao.
The police chief reassured the citizens of Bonao that if there were any indications of guilt among the 22 police officers whose names were on the list, they would be discharged from service and prosecuted as civilians.
When drug dealer Nelson Sanchez was arrested the agents found a list with 22 names of policemen who were supposedly paid "tolls" to "look the other way" during drug deals. Guzman Fermin said that agents received from RD$13,000 to RD$15,000 a month, as reported in El Caribe. Meanwhile, Listin Diario reports that despite Nelson Sanchez's arrest, drug sales continue at his spot.
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General Eduardo Then, commander of the north-central Regional Command headquarters in Santiago came to Bonao to transfer the 22 to Santiago for investigations.
Major General Guzman Fermin arrived early yesterday morning by helicopter to swear in Colonel Miguel Abreu Suriel to replace Colonel Antonio Cepeda Urena as commander of the city of Bonao.
The police chief reassured the citizens of Bonao that if there were any indications of guilt among the 22 police officers whose names were on the list, they would be discharged from service and prosecuted as civilians.
When drug dealer Nelson Sanchez was arrested the agents found a list with 22 names of policemen who were supposedly paid "tolls" to "look the other way" during drug deals. Guzman Fermin said that agents received from RD$13,000 to RD$15,000 a month, as reported in El Caribe. Meanwhile, Listin Diario reports that despite Nelson Sanchez's arrest, drug sales continue at his spot.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#12)