ok so Now what is the Navy going to do with the Drugs??

Turn the drugs over to the DNCD, as is appropriate in such an event.
juliony, has it ever occured to you to support the efforts of the Dominican Navy along with the US Coast Guard instead of speaking with such cynacism as you just did? These guys are doing a very good job given the equipment and operating budget that they have and you should give them credit well deserved instead of denegrating them with such inuendo.
SHAME ON YOU!!

TB

Texas Bill I agree with you. Given the limited budget that the Dominican Navy has I believe that they are doing their best.

people can easily be fool...
I have many friends in the navy, army and air force and police.. you should never trust a some people when it comes to drugs.

juliony --- I know that drugs can buy a lot of people but one can only pray that most of the people involved in protecting the Dominican people are honest and sincere in protecting their own.
I believe that the majority of the personnel are doing a good job. There are always a few bad apples but they eventually do something too greedy or stupid and get caught.

The main problem is "Inland", arrest them, and forget everything else.

Too bad Regan is dead. He and Col. North would have a solution.
Fact: Profit margin . Drugs 5 to 1 Profit.
Freon R12 15 to 1 . All the bootleg routes from Canada have been reopened.
Aint capitalism great!

Does anybody knows what happens to the drugs that is confiscated by the government? Where does it go????

remember during Hipolito a Coronel was riding in a truck with drugs.. and what did he said... I just got a ride.. a Coronel... e una Vola que me estan dando. yo no sabia que ese segnor tenia droga..

Looks like we should be locking up the tobacco growers along with the drug smugglers don't you think?, priorities are all messed up, it's all about money isn't it ?

Annual Causes of Death in the United States
Tobacco 435,000
Poor Diet and Physical Inactivity 365,000
Alcohol 85,000
Microbial Agents 75,000
Toxic Agents 55,000
Motor Vehicle Crashes 26,347
Adverse Reactions to Prescription Drugs 32,000
Suicide 30,622
Incidents Involving Firearms 29,000
Homicide 20,3084
Sexual Behaviors 20,000
All Illicit Drug Use, Direct and Indirect 17,000
Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs Such As Aspirin 7,600
Marijuana 07

Jander,

My family has been growing Tobacco in the DR since 1865.. making Cigars since 1902...
but now we are growing rice...

juliony

lol As funny as that may seem, it could be possible. I gave and Army officer a Vola from Moca to cabarete one time, and if i were to have had drugs and got busted, so would have the officer. lol

I guess with 4,000 pesos a month is not enough to buy a car, or a moto. Them officials do not make enough money as it is, me being in there shoes would just sell the dam thang.

Buenoha;
The drugs are incenerated publicly.
All therest of you---your comments are senseless and facitious at best.

TB

TB what's the point of attacking people personally in here? What's up? For me my point makes a lot of sense, otherwise I wouldn't have asked.

Besides, if it is burned publicly, why have we not read about it in the media? Where is the "drugs destruction spot" if you say it is publicly accessible??? Is it done on a square in the middle of town like in the past with executions during the French Revolution? "La Bastille de la drogue?"

The drugs are incenerated publicly.

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All of it ???

Hipolito a Coronel was riding in a truck with drugs. And every one believes that was his first trip. So he was not transporting drugs under Partido Ladrones Drugas when Lie-onel was Pres.

IT SEEMS THAT MANY JUST TALK AND DOES NO SEARCH ONCE OR EVER. ONCE THE DRUG IS CONFISCATED, THE DEPARTMENT OF DRUG INFORCEMENT UNIT ARRANGE THE US EMBASSY THE EUROPPEAN EMBASSY AND MANY OTHER EMBASSY TO WITNESS THE DESTRUCTION OF THE DRUGS BY BURNINGTHEM IN FRONT OF WITNESS OF CIVILIAN AND INTERNATIONAL AUTHORITIES.

THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC WOULD BE WELL-OFF WITH AT LEAST TWO F-16 JET FIGHTER BECAUSE THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO REACH ITS TARGET AT A RAPID PACE. BESIDES SPENDING THE MONEY ON THIS JOB IS SAVING MILLIONS MORE ON MEDICATION AND ON DRUG PROGRAMS. SO AT THE END IT JUST ALL ADS UP.

HEY BASTA IF YOU KNOW SO MUCH WHY DONT YOU GO AND RUN FOR PRESIDENT AND STOP CRITICISING. THE ONLY TRUE PRESIDENT THAT THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC HAS HAD.

I rather have the US Coast guard dispose and burn the seized Drugs, more trustworthy. !!!

Just in Case !

buenoha;

Can you tell me how many "drug mules' of Dutch origination and travellers to the Netherlands have been intercepted in the past year by Dominican Authorities at Dominican Airports?
I would suggest you begin to read up on that and before commenting negatively about the efforts of the authorities here.
You ain't all got clean pants. Plenty of $h** to share with other countries.
It's a funny thing about WHINERS, they put out a lot of negativeism, but offer very few solutions about that which they are commenting on.
Are there ANY POSITIVE THINKERS in the audience???
In many respects, i have the same problem, but try to offer solutions that are workable---when I can think of them.

TB

maybe they should send anyone caught with large quantities of drugs to one of those secret prison camps in Africa and Hungry for interrogation.

TB: Take it easy... If you need that type of statistics go and sort yourself out with the DR Customs. Stop the personal attack okay? I'm a DR citizen, this is a democracy, there should be transparency and public scrutiny. People are entitled to ask these questions. If they bother you that much than that might say more about you than you suspect. If nothing is the matter than there should be no problem with these type of questions being raised. Public opinion must be fully aware of government actions.

Besides, if the drugs is destroyed than that is great news, but you cannot stop people from asking these relevant questions, especially when the media offers that much attention to the drug seizing but never follows up on what actually happens with it.

The problem is not "Inland", perception, the problem is with your damned junkies, which are insatiable and the south american drug lords know this. If the demand is erradicated (junkies), then the suppliers will be in serious trouble. Did you forget to take your economics 101 classes? Hispaniola is only an entrepot for the producers cargo, because the bigger markets are up north and across the ocean (i.e. Europe, specially the Netherlands), an outpost which, if eliminated, the drug lords will be too quick to replace with another outpost without giving too much thought to the matter, as simple as that.

Perception: worry about Haiti, Why you care so much about DR

Holy cow, get a life............................

buenoha;

FYI, I'm not the one painting all anti-drug agencies with the same "corruption" brush.
Perhaps I am wrong, but it seems to me that you haven't taken these reports of "drug confiscations" as being relevant to those elements within the "anti-drug" agencies seriously.
Those men andwomen, for tehemost part, take their job seriously and do a very good job of countering this activity. Give credit where credit is due and confine you comments to the salient points.
When you talk abou "freedom of speech" to me, you're "preaching to the choir", old son, and I heartily resent your inferences to the contrary.
The element I was addressing is the negative attitude you expressed about the perceived lack of transparance in the law enforcement aspect of the situation.
It is just my opinion that such has an opposite effect on the goals wished to be accomplished.
That is the basis of my comment andif you take exception, then that is your prerrogative.

TB

Texasbill: Excellent point of opinion..........................

the real drug problem is in North America .. not in the Caribbean .. not in Colombia .. not in Asia .. if only the Norte Americans would stop snorting coke? one solution is to lock up all American and Canadian citizens .. they could still get the stuff in jail but demand would drop .. wishful thinking huh?

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/23/world/americas/23argentina.html? Brazil #2 cocaine user in world after U.S. and Argentina moving up fast......From todays NYT

I guess with all that wealth comes a lot of pain .. and the guilt that comes from having to rob and plunder the world to maximize North American and European corporate profit margins .. cocaine and heroin also help take the edge off living in industrialized nations full of mean and rude people .. just as it helped people take the edge off breathing rarified air in the high Andes .. takes the edge off being kicked around and murdered by police in Rio and Sao Paulo .. take the edge off being an Argentinian .. it must be very painful these days to be an American .. Argentinian .. Brazilian .. the more they industrialize .. the wealthier they get .. the more pain they feel .. the more narcotics they need to kill the pain .. that's what narcotics do best .. kill the pain .. anesthesia .. which translates to the demand for more narcotics .. which translates to more Colombian and Afghani farmers growing narcotics .. which translates to more shipments of drugs to the industrialized world ..

and your solution?

Nothing to do with this thread. But was sent to me and found interesting.

http://polidics.com/cia/top-ranking-cia...ation.html
http://www.digg.com/educational/The_Pow...m_Curtis_2

Hey buddy .. this is not primary school .. or high school .. this is not high school geometry or matrix algebra where everything is neatly "solved" .. this is the real world .. the nasty world .. the world that you live in .. and in the real world there are rarely "solutions" like the neat little ones you saw on paper in those sleepy classrooms you attended .. in most cases there are no "solutions" at all .. at least none that are feasible because nobody wants to do anything about "solving" the "problem" .. so we go on suffering .. and we need more drugs to take the edge off the suffering .. get it? .. why bother .. just keep suffering .. then take drugs to relieve the pain .. welcome to the real world buddy ..

another breath or blast of hot air