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iciHaiti - Security : The drug traffickers favor Haiti
11/11/2015 08:56:45

In a statement, the National Directorate for Drug Control (DNCD) of the Dominican Republic, stated that it had seen a "significant" increase in drug seizures in the vicinity of Haiti stating that "The stricter controls implemented by the DNCD and its allies in the fight against narcotic trafficking, forced the international traffickers to divert their vessels from South America to the Haitian coast."

Citing as recent examples: the arrest of two Dominican carrying on an outboard 315 packages of pure cocaine from South America. The arrival late October, of a recent examples: the arrest of two Dominican carrying on an outboard 315 packages of pure cocaine from South America. The arrival late October, the arrest a few days ago in Los Pilones bridge on the Bani-Azua road, of two Colombians and a Nicaraguan coming from from Haiti aboard a speedboat transporting narcotics from South American origin.

For the DNCD "This clearly indicates that traffickers prefer to venture in Haiti rather than face the controls established in the territory of the Dominican Republic," adding that face his new strategy "we will strengthen surveillance along the border line, border crossings, roads and military checkpoints in the southern region."

SL/ iciHaiti