DR to host drug summit

[NewsWhore]

The Dominican Republic will hold a summit this coming March to prepare a stronger regional action plan for combating the consumption and trafficking of illegal drugs. Attending the summit will be Venezuela, Colombia, Haiti and the United States - some of the countries in the region with the strongest ties to the illegal drug trade. The scheduled date of the conference is 15 March and the summit has been named, "Drugs, Security and Cooperation." Police and Interior Minister Franklyn Almeyda, who made the announcement, said that members from the UN, the Organization of American States, the European Union and Caricom are being invited to the summit. According to Almeyda, intelligence reports indicate that drugs that reach the DR depart from Colombia, and fly through Venezuelan airspace. The DR is then used as an intermediate distribution point between the US, Europe or the Lesser Antilles.

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