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12-05-2007, 11:01 AM
The National Drug Control Department (DNCD) has nailed a stash of 585 kilograms (1,289 pounds) of cocaine found in a container from Venezuela that was awaiting transshipment at the Multi-Modal Port of Punta Caucedo. The container was supposed to be sent to the southern Spanish port of Cadiz. DNCD spokesman Roberto Lebron said that the DNCD had acted on information provided by drug authorities in Venezuela and the United States Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA). The Dominican authorities are currently investigating the identity of the ship that brought the container to the DR. This is the second major drug bust in recent months. Just last September, the authorities found 2,250 kilograms of cocaine in a cargo ship from Maracaibo, Venezuela en route to Belgium. Because of the increasing frequency of these hauls, the United States has placed the Dominican Republic on the list of 20 countries with the highest level of drug trafficking.
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