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02-23-2009, 01:00 PM
The Police have ordered the arrest of a police captain who was the chief of the National Drug Control Department (DNCD) in Sosua, Puerto Plata, as well as a first lieutenant, a corporal and a private. The arrested are captain Melvin Velazquez Then, first lieutenant Juan Jean Perez, who worked in criminal investigations, corporal Juan Martinez Sanchez and private Francisco Javier Cruz Pena. The SWAT team in Puerto Plata was also dismantled, in a scandal allegedly involving complicity with drug trafficking and other irregular activities. First lieutenant Rafael Garcia was transferred to Santo Domingo police headquarters for investigation. SWAT chief Garcia was arrested by the new commander of the Police in Puerto Plata, General Eduardo Alberto Then. The arrested will be investigated for corruption cases in Puerto Plata, as reported in Listin Diario. They were investigated for allegedly protecting drug traffickers and drug dealers. Police said it is on the trail of fugitive sergeant Jeremias Morales Lahoz, who served as driver for Colonel Frank Felix Almonte, who was dismissed and sent to Santo Domingo under arrest for his supposed ties to drug dealers. On Saturday, family members turned in sergeant major Jeremias Morales Lahoz to the police in Santo Domingo. He asked to be sent to the Internal Affairs department in Santo Domingo.
The officers were under the command of the Police Internal Affairs Department, under General Manuel Castro Castillo, who is investigating several inmates at the San Felipe Jail in Puerto Plata. Under investigation are members of the gang known as Las 40 that operates in the Sosua area. They also want to establish the ties between the drug dealers and police agents.
Recently, the police ordered the removal of 22 police officers in Puerto Plata for irregularities and complicity with drug operations.
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The officers were under the command of the Police Internal Affairs Department, under General Manuel Castro Castillo, who is investigating several inmates at the San Felipe Jail in Puerto Plata. Under investigation are members of the gang known as Las 40 that operates in the Sosua area. They also want to establish the ties between the drug dealers and police agents.
Recently, the police ordered the removal of 22 police officers in Puerto Plata for irregularities and complicity with drug operations.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#11)