NewsWhore
06-30-2010, 02:20 PM
Presidential Drugs Advisor, lawyer Marino Vinicio Castillo (Vincho) revealed that a small plane that was about to drop a load of drugs on 17 June, had to do it in Haiti, some 43 miles from Banica, after it was detected by one of the DR's Super Tucano aircraft. Castillo, who is taking part in the Second Maritime Symposium against Drug Trafficking in the Americas that is being held in Bayahibe, said three similar detections have been made recently thanks to the surveillance services provided by the Super Tucano aircraft.
Vincho Castillo told reporters that satellite photographs showed the drug traffickers dropping the drugs in Haiti and distributing money to the people who recovered the drop. Castillo did not reveal the origin of the illegal flight.
He said that the DR had to help the Haitian authorities strengthen the surveillance area in order to counteract drug drops that cannot be made in the Dominican Republic as a result of the effective controls established by the DR authorities.
The President's advisor on drug issues also mentioned a need to strengthen naval surveillance because drug traffickers are using maritime routes more frequently because they feel cornered in the air and on the ground.
He said that they had registered 357 drug flights between 2005 and 2008 because there was no air space surveillance during this period, but that had changed since the arrival of the Super Tucano airplanes acquired by the government.
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Vincho Castillo told reporters that satellite photographs showed the drug traffickers dropping the drugs in Haiti and distributing money to the people who recovered the drop. Castillo did not reveal the origin of the illegal flight.
He said that the DR had to help the Haitian authorities strengthen the surveillance area in order to counteract drug drops that cannot be made in the Dominican Republic as a result of the effective controls established by the DR authorities.
The President's advisor on drug issues also mentioned a need to strengthen naval surveillance because drug traffickers are using maritime routes more frequently because they feel cornered in the air and on the ground.
He said that they had registered 357 drug flights between 2005 and 2008 because there was no air space surveillance during this period, but that had changed since the arrival of the Super Tucano airplanes acquired by the government.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#13)