Friday, August 16, 2024 -In a joint operation at Punta Cana International Airport, the Dominican Republic, authorities have apprehended a 29-year-old Nigerian man with Italian nationality who attempted to smuggle narcotics to Paris, France by ingesting them.
The arrest was carried
out by agents from the National Directorate of Drug Control (DNCD) and members
of the Specialized Airport Security Corps (CESAC), in coordination with the
Public Prosecutor's Office.
The Directorate in a statement on Thursday,
August 15, 2024, said that the suspect was intercepted in the boarding area of
the terminal.
Following standard protocols, foreign
bodies were detected in his digestive tract.
He was immediately transferred to a local
health centre, where specialist doctors oversaw the process of extracting the
concealed substances.
Medical professionals recovered a total of
72 pellets from the man's stomach, believed to contain cocaine. The seized
substance weighs approximately 1.361 kilograms (2.99 pounds).
The Public Prosecutor's Office and the DNCD
have launched an investigation to determine if other individuals were involved
in this thwarted international drug trafficking operation.
Meanwhile, the foreign national is being
transferred to the Permanent Care jurisdiction of La Altagracia province for
further legal proceedings.
As part of the ongoing investigation, the
72 bags were sent to the National Institute of Forensic Sciences (INACIF) for
detailed analysis and confirmation of the substance's composition.
0 Comments