Dominican soldiers arrested in the border town of Pedro Santana (South West) in the province of Elías Piña in the Dominican Republic, a Dominican citizen and two Haitian nationals who were trying to smuggle stolen items into Haiti. At the time of the arrest, the 2 Haitians tried in vain to escape from the Dominican soldiers.

According to information provided by the authorities, the Dominican identified as César Aquino was arrested with two Haitian nationals : Emmanuel Franklin and Alexander Anistel, while they were preparing to cross the border with a Hyundai Santa Fe GLS 4x4 vehicle, listed as stolen in the National Police register. In addition to seizing the vehicle, the soldiers also seized a motorcycle, two mobile phones, some money in pesos and dollars, a passport and various other items.

The 3 traffickers arrested and all the seized goods were sent to the headquarters of the 11th battalion based in Comendador.

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