Dominican Republic Claims Boat Hit by U.S. Navy had Over a Ton of Cocaine

Dominican Republic Claims Boat Hit by U.S. Navy had Over a Ton of Cocaine

The Dominican Republic government announced that the National Drug Control Directorate (DNCD) and the Navy of the Dominican Republic (ARD) seized over a ton of cocaine on a boat targeted by the U.S. Navy.

President Donald Trump’s administration has been destroying boats from Venezuela suspected of carrying drugs to America.

The administration has struck three boats. The Dominican Republic did not confirm which boat had the cocaine, but it looks like it could be the third one that Trump announced on Saturday.

The Dominican Republic said the government worked with the United States Southern Command (Southcom) and the Southern Interagency Joint Task Force (JIATF-South) when it detected a speedboat that intelligence reports said carried narcotics.

The reports also claimed the boat was headed “to Dominican territory, with the intention of using the country as a bridge to take it to US territory.”

The Dominican Republic and America joined forces for the first time in history to combat narcoterrorism:

Immediately, the action protocols of the Dominican Republic were activated, which was alerted of the illegal incursion of the vessel.

During the operation, the boat was destroyed by North American authorities, as part of their actions against narcoterrorism in the Caribbean region.

Subsequently, Navy units and DNCD tactical teams carried out a search and tracking operation in the area, managing to recover 13 bales containing the 377 packages, wrapped in adhesive tape and with different logos.

“The report, released this Sunday by the authorities, specifies that 60 of the recovered packages were destroyed as a result of the explosion of the boat”.

 

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