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San Cristóbal, Dominican Republic.- Drugs Control (DNCD) agents uncovered two landing strips hidden in the Sierra de Bahoruco National Park, used by planes to bring drugs from South America.

DNCD president Rolando Rosado yesterday said antinarcotics agents busted a cocaine airdrop near the town Enriquillo, Barahona province (southwest) on Monday, and arrested Norberto Felipe Fernández, Freddy Nelson Pérez, Antonio Armando Méndez, Fernando Inoa, Noé Balipto Agustín, Wilkin Sánchez and Carlin Nicolás Samboy, as well as the South American Oscar Morales.

He said a specialized DNCD team, backed by Navy and Joint Task Force personnel went to the area to detect the aborted landing, after the flight was detected in Curazao airspace by the Cooperator Nations information Exchange System, based in Florida.

The group alleged they were looking for lands to plant beans in the zone, which Rosado discarded since the area is barren.

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Written by: Blutarsky This user is banned, 3 Mar 2010 7:22 AM
From: Dominican Republic, No Spin Zone
Beans for chavez or Bubkas
Written by: Juango, 3 Mar 2010 9:24 AM
From: United States, far S. Florida (formerly Santo Domingo)
Why are the Tucanos not on patrol? These planes were to stop most all the drug air traffiking according to Rosado, the brilliant head of the DNCD (per his comments of 3 months ago, concerning these aircraft).
Written by: VeronicaDR, 3 Mar 2010 10:38 AM
From: United States
They forgot to pay their landing and look the other way fee. Why not just say the truth.
Written by: dreadlocks, 3 Mar 2010 12:17 PM
From: United States
can you say ´DECOY ¨?
Written by: quesekien, 3 Mar 2010 2:33 PM
From: Dominican Republic
That right: DECOY!!! drop 50 kls here to be caught and bring 2000 kls through the main doors. Good loss ratio.
Written by: Grosero, 4 Mar 2010 8:30 AM
From: United States
Not Freddy?????

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