DNCD shake-up in Sosua

[NewsWhore]

The National Drug Control Department (DNCD) arrested its staff in Sosua, Puerto Plata yesterday on the grounds that they had engaged in extortion of a British citizen, as reported in El Caribe. The agents were arrested after Hugh Edwards accused the police of extorting RD$25,000 in return for his release, and for not notifying the corresponding authorities about the incident, which took place in August 2005. As reported in El Caribe, the "deal" was that they would not record the incident in the book kept at the station that lists confiscated drugs. Upon receiving the complaint, the new president of the DNCD Rafael Ramirez Ferreiras appointed an officer to look into the case. The arrested Navy corporal was sent to the DNCD headquarters in Santo Domingo for investigation.

More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#14)