Dominican Republic drug crackdown expands

Timeline

1. 2 days ago

   [CRIME] 68 sources FAST-MOVING

   Dominican Republic authorities dismantle international drug trafficking network

   Dominican authorities dismantled an international drug trafficking network in the eastern coastal region through Operation LGTCA, arresting 11 people and seizing vehicles and boats.

2. 19 days ago

   [CRIME] 4 sources

   Dominican Republic's Southern Coast Faces Escalating Drug Trafficking Threat

   International cartels are using the Dominican Republic’s southern coast, including Ocoa and Barahona, to smuggle cocaine and marijuana, prompting large drug seizures and raising fears of crime and extortion in

3. 22 days ago

   [CRIME] 2 sources

   Dominican Republic confronts drug‑trafficking cybercrime and police reform waste

   A Dominican informant detailed US heroin smuggling via cheese and a shift to cyber fraud, while ex‑lawyer Ramón Ceballos decried a 11‑billion‑peso police reform as wasteful and ineffective.

4. 24 days ago

   [CRIME] 2 sources

   Dominican Republic police seize over 2 kg crack and cocaine in Santiago apartment

   Dominican police arrested a drug dealer in Santiago, seizing over 2 kg of crack, 820 g of cocaine and cash worth over a million pesos.

5. 27 days ago

   [CRIME] 6 sources

   Dominican Republic courts free three suspects in marijuana plantation, sentence another to 10 years

   Dominican courts released three suspects after a large marijuana plantation bust in El Pinar, while another defendant received a 10‑year term for trafficking 20 lb of cannabis in Las Matas de Farfán.

6. 28 days ago

   [CRIME] 16 sources

   Dominican Republic drug crackdown yields 20 arrests, 9 kg seized and two suspects extradited to the U.S

   Dominican drug raids detained 20 people, seized over 9 kg of narcotics and uncovered 83 hidden cocaine pills; two suspects were extradited to the U.S. on trafficking charges.

7. about 1 month ago

   [CRIME] 12 sources

   Dominican Republic ramps up drug seizures and destroys over a ton of narcotics

   Dominican Republic agencies destroyed over a ton of drugs, seized large marijuana farms, captured a cocaine‑smuggling suspect and intercepted multiple marijuana shipments.

8. about 1 month ago

   [CRIME] 3 sources

   Dominican Republic police bust illicit alcohol plant, seize 32 kg of drugs

   Dominican authorities dismantled a clandestine alcohol plant producing over 25,000 L of adulterated liquor in Azua and, in simultaneous raids across four provinces, arrested 123 people and seized more than 32 k

9. about 1 month ago

   [CRIME] 5 sources

   Dominican Republic drug agency seizes over 10 kg cocaine, arrests suspects

   Dominican Republic's DNCD seized over 10 kg of drugs in the capital and arrested two airport staff linked to 90 cocaine packages, while detaining 21 people overall.

10. about 1 month ago

    [CRIME] 9 sources

    Dominican Republic arrests two airport staff in major cocaine seizure

    Dominican officials arrested two airport employees after seizing 90 cocaine packages at Las Américas airport; five others remain detained as investigations continue.

11. about 1 month ago

    [CRIME] 9 sources

    Dominican police launch sweeping arrests and investigations into homicide, fraud, and drug crime

    Dominican police arrested suspects for homicide, illegal weapons and robbery, busted a Colombian fraud ring, probed a merchant murder, released a national security statistics bulletin, and seized large drug ha​

12. about 1 month ago

    [CRIME] 2 sources

    Dominican nationals face US deportation and extradition over robbery and meth trafficking

    A Dominican convicted of a slot‑machine robbery scheme will be deported, while another Dominican was extradited to the US on meth‑trafficking charges, highlighting US‑Dominican law‑enforcement cooperation.

13. about 1 month ago

    [CRIME] 99 sources

    Dominican police arrest 100 in massive drug bust in Santo Domingo Este

    Dominican police arrested 100 people and seized over 28 kg of cocaine, marijuana and crack in a sweep across Santo Domingo Este.

14. about 1 month ago

    [CRIME] 2 sources

    Dominican Republic: San José de Ocoa confirmed as site of massive marijuana bust

    Dominican police seized over 18,000 marijuana plants in remote mountains, confirming the crop was in San José de Ocoa province despite earlier claims it was in Azua; three suspects detained and surveillance is

15. about 2 months ago

    [CRIME] 20 sources

    Dominican Republic police dismantle record‑size marijuana plantation in San José de Ocoa

    Dominican police bust a record 13,800‑lb marijuana plantation; Argentine raids seize cannabis, cocaine and firearms; Dominican authorities dismantle a clandestine alcohol factory and convict traffickers; other

16. about 2 months ago

    [CRIME] 2 sources

    Dominican police seize 749 drug portions in Santiago and Sosúa arrests

    Dominican police arrested Yefry Pérez in Santiago with 443 drug portions and Daniel Urbáez Pérez in Sosúa with 306 portions, seizing cash and a phone.

17. about 2 months ago

    [CRIME] 9 sources

    Dominican Republic police seize drugs, arrest suspects and launch new anti‑drug measures

    Dominican police seized hundreds of cocaine doses, weapons and cash while hunting fugitive ‘Wilkyns Gatillo’; nationwide raids confiscated over 10 kg of drugs and arrested 45 suspects, and the DNCD launched a ​

18. about 2 months ago

    [CRIME] 2 sources

    Dominican Republic police seize 1.7 kg cocaine in Santo Domingo drug bust

    Dominican police raids in Santo Domingo’s Distrito Nacional arrested six drug suspects and seized about 1.7 kg cocaine, 242 g marijuana, crack and related equipment.

19. about 2 months ago

    [CRIME] 12 sources

    Dominican Republic, Mexico and Argentina record large drug busts and arrests

    Police in the Dominican Republic, Mexico, Argentina, Honduras, Kuwait and Mauritius seize drugs, firearms and equipment in coordinated busts, detaining dozens and destroying large cocaine, fentanyl and coca cro

20. about 2 months ago

    [CRIME] 2 sources

    Dominican and Costa Rican Nationals Extradited to U.S. Over Cocaine Trafficking

    Dominican Missaelle Morales Silvestre and Costa Rican Gilbert Bell Fernández were extradited to the U.S. on cocaine‑trafficking charges, highlighting increased Caribbean‑U.S. cooperation against drug networks.

21. about 2 months ago

    [CRIME] 2 sources

    Dominican Republic courts hand 10‑year sentences to drug traffickers as authorities destroy nearly 20 million illegal ​‑

    Dominican courts give 10‑year terms to a drug‑trafficking ring and confiscate assets, while a ministry operation destroys nearly 20 million illegal cigarettes, medicines, alcohol and stimulants worth RD$394 M.

22. 2 months ago

    [CRIME] 3 sources

    Dominican authorities dismantle largest marijuana plantation in San José de Ocoa

    Dominican drug police and the Ministry of Public dismantled a marijuana farm of over 3,500 plants in San José de Ocoa, seizing equipment, arresting two Haitians and a Dominican, and sending the crop to forensic

23. 2 months ago

    [CRIME] 4 sources

    Dominican Republic authorities seize thousands of grams of drugs in coordinated raids

    Dominican Republic's DNCD and Public Ministry seized over 5,400 g of cocaine, marijuana and crack in coordinated raids, arresting 14 suspects and confiscating weapons and equipment.

24. 2 months ago

    [CRIME] 2 sources

    Dominican nationals charged in US federal cocaine smuggling case in Puerto Rico

    Three Dominican men were indicted in Puerto Rico for a conspiracy to import 178 kg of cocaine, facing drug‑trafficking and immigration charges.

25. 2 months ago

    [CRIME] 9 sources

    Dominican Republic police seize thousands of grams of drugs in multi‑city raids

    Dominican police raids in Santiago, Punta Cana and Barahona seized thousands of grams of cocaine, marijuana and crack, arresting dozens and confiscating weapons and cash.

26. 3 months ago

    [POLITICS] 10 sources

    Dominican Republic pushes crackdown on illicit trade harming health

    Dominican Republic targets illicit trade in medicines, alcohol and cigarettes, citing health risks and economic losses.