Security & Strategic Review - March 2015 (ISSN 1741-4202)

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC | Military & police involvement in crime. On 17 March, following a tipoff from the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), agents from the Dominican national drug control agency (DNCD) and the national investigation department (DNI) intercepted a private aircraft found to be carrying 450 packets of cocaine on arrival from Caracas at the Santo Domingo international airport. Initially a Dominican civilian and five Venezuelans, including the two pilots, were arrested, but subsequent enquiries led to the arrest of four members of the military, three from the specialised centre for airport and civil aviation security (CESAC).

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