Members of S2 Intelligence Service and of the Dominican army of the operation "Shield" (along the border) attached to the Tenth Battalion, carried out the seizure of cars in which were transported nearly 300 kg of garlic smuggled from Haiti, contained in 30 bags.

During a pursuit in the community "Los Miches" (Dajabón), soldiers arrested Yodelkis Ramos Torres, driver of the vehicle brand Sonata, white, plate A 743 167, which was carrying half of the goods and Bolívar Alexander Colón Pérez his accomplice, who was driving a vehicle brand Kia, gray, plate A 670959, which was carrying the other half of the garlic smuggled.

Vehicles, two drivers and garlic smuggled, were sent to the headquarters of the Fourth Infantry Brigade Army based in Mao, for the purposes of the law.

Garlic smuggled from Haiti is important : mid-March 2016 more than 4 tons seized (440 bags) https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-16908-icihaiti-smuggling-seizure-of-more-than-440-bags-of-garlic-from-haiti.html end of August 2015 more than 4 tons seized (437 bags) https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-14964-icihaiti-dominican-republic-seizure-of-more-than-4-tons-of-smuggled-garlic-from-haiti.html always in August 2015, more than a ton (137 bags) https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-14821-icihaiti-dominican-republic-seizure-of-garlic%C2%A0smuggles.html in February 2015 more than 12 tons (1,204 bags) https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-13202-haiti-dominican-republic-seizure-of-12-tons-of-garlic-smuggled-from-haiti.html . Besides garlic Dominicans also frequently seize contraband from Haiti such as whiskey, rum, cigarettes and coffee, among other...

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