[DR1] More cops and troops hit the streets

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More than 10,000 police and military elements will hit the streets of the nation's cities and towns in an effort to put an end to the current violence that has shaken every strata of the society. According to the Listin Diario, the Armed Forces, the National Police and members of the National Drug Control Office (DNCD) will take to the streets as of 7 pm as part of the Plan of Immediate Short Term Action that will try and remove illegal weapons, drug trafficking and consumption and late night-early morning sales of alcoholic beverages in 18 targeted cities. Night-time patrolling was previously practically inexistent in the DR. By next Thursday, the program will be extended to the entire country. The mixed patrols will be on the watch for delinquents, they will check vehicles, and do body searches for weapons and drugs. Interior & Police Minister Franklin Almeyda told reporters that the patrols are following the President's action program to put a halt to the violence.

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