The members of the Specialized Corps of Border Border Security (CESFRONT) and intelligence services intercepted a home-made boat from Haiti carrying more than 9,000 pounds of contraband garlic.

The garlic was contained in 414 bags aboard a homemade boat, which was intercepted in Playa Grande in the maritime area of the Montecristi Province (North-West)

The boat was seized and the goods transported in the inter-agency base of CESFRONT to Dajabón for the corresponding purposes.

Note that from January 2017 to February 2018, CESFRONT seized, inter alia: more than 205,000 pounds (± 93 tonnes) of contraband garlic from Haiti https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-23721-icihaiti-rd-partial-assessment-of-the-fight-against-haitian-smuggling.html . The record of seizure of contraband garlic is over 12 tons in 2015 https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-13202-haiti-dominican-republic-seizure-of-12-tons-of-garlic-smuggled-from-haiti.html

See also :

https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-23721-icihaiti-rd-partial-assessment-of-the-fight-against-haitian-smuggling.html

https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-23600-icihaiti-dr-discovery-of-25-tons-of-smuggled-garlic-from-haiti.html

https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-16908-icihaiti-smuggling-seizure-of-more-than-440-bags-of-garlic-from-haiti.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-13202-haiti-dominican-republic-seizure-of-12-tons-of-garlic-smuggled-from-haiti.html

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