Customs and the National Drug Enforcement Administration (DNCD) confiscated the wallet of a woman full of cocaine who was to be sent to Miami, United States, from the cargo terminal at Las Américas International Airport (AILA).
The drug portfolio was detected in the X-ray machine, amid routine inspections by customs and DNCD personnel, to export goods from warehouse number 4 of the UPS company, which operates in the airport freight terminal.
According to the report, the package with the wallet and the medicine inside was prepared to depart on flight 403 of the UPS airline, bound for Miami, Florida, United States.
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The package, according to the details, was sent by a woman who was not identified to avoid obstructing the investigation of the case and will be received by a man from the United States, whose identity was also not disclosed.
The carton containing the wallet and the confiscated medicine, the weight and quantity of which are not specified, was sent to the DNCD satellite office located at the Las Américas airport passenger terminal for local purposes.
DNCD reported that, in connection with the case, it initiated an investigation in order to locate and detain persons involved in drug trafficking.
Due to the increase in the number of drug trafficking cases from the country to the United States and other destinations, the anti-narcotics agency ordered the increase of its staff at Las Américas airport.