Santo Domingo.- The National District 2nd Collegiate Court sentenced to 15 years in prison a man who tried to smuggle 132.87 kilos of cocaine out of the country, within a shipment of tubers.
Rafael Durán (Ranfy) was found guilty of trafficking the drug covered with mustard, menthol and coffee to hide its scent.
The drug to be exported by the Felix Sabino Rodriguez Fruits and Vegetables Exporting Company, in Bonao (central) and was consigned to the company Taino Porduce Inc., in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico.
The cocaine was seized November 28, 2009, in a truck 25 kilometers north of the capital on the Duarte highway, by the Santo Domingo province Office of the Prosecutor.
The sentence sends Durán to serve the sentence in the penitentiary at La Victoria.
From: Iran, DirectorioDominicano.com
15 years is nothing! less than a year a kilo. A total farce!!
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We (RD) are just 2 elections away from becoming haiti. lest we wake up the population, which
is gonna be difficult when they are more and more of haitian descent,,can you say catch 22?
** En Higüey de cada 10 partos de 6 a 7 son de haitianas, a veces son hasta 8** (hoy.com.do)
Written by: riosm, 5 Sep 2011 4:37 PM
From: United States
A wrong message sent......just think there will be many more willing to risk a mere 15 years vs. the big bucks should one get away with it.
From: Dominican Republic, No Spin Zone
a mere 15 years in La Victoria .....he will be able to do that standing on his head
From: Dominican Republic, vieja Santo Domingo
I think is head will be well and truly lying flat with his body after 15years there ..15 days would kill me
From: Dominican Republic, No Spin Zone
Yes ricky it would be no day at the beach or no walk in the woods
Written by: BASTA, 5 Sep 2011 6:06 PM
From: Dominican Republic, =Ghetto/Legalize Drugs
Should be 15 days
From: United States, jackson heights ny
15 years in a dominican jail is nothing.After six months, he could go fishing and going out to the lounge with his jailers.
Written by: riosm, 5 Sep 2011 7:40 PM
From: United States
132 K's is a lot of cocaine, this criminal with his connections will live better locked-up then most Dominicans in the DR.
From: United States, Everywhere
Written by: Blutarsky, 5 Sep 2011 5:08 PM
From: Dominican Republic, No Spin Zone
a mere 15 years in La Victoria .....he will be able to do that standing on his head
You think so?.............
15 years in La Victoria is like 45 years in US prisons.
Do you even know about La Victoria's reputation, or you just post for the heck of it?.
Written by: PATCHUKO, 6 Sep 2011 8:41 AM
From: Canada
@ DirectorioDominicano, use your brain and think a little, the truck is investigated as coming from the DR not from Haiti, your comments are completely irrelevant. Haiti has Political, Social, and Economic problems but the DR has the Drug Problems at every level of our society, you just got to read a little to find that out. Until Dominicans starts to cut sugarcane themselves or find a different group to take over what Haitians do for free, then we are stuck with the same problems relating to immigration.
Written by: PATCHUKO, 6 Sep 2011 8:41 AM
From: Canada
@ DirectorioDominicano, use your brain and think a little, the truck is investigated as coming from the DR not from Haiti, your comments are completely irrelevant. Haiti has Political, Social, and Economic problems but the DR has the Drug Problems at every level of our society, you just got to read a little to find that out. Until Dominicans starts to cut sugarcane themselves or find a different group to take over what Haitians do for free, then we are stuck with the same problems relating to immigration.
Written by: Grosero, 6 Sep 2011 10:17 AM
From: United States
Yet Uncle Sammy & his Goons fly loads upon loads Escobar's 100% pure cocaine into to Great Lie every day.
The War on Drugs is the Greatest Fraud every perpetrated on the People!
Just think Col. Oliver North!
What, you think the Goons stopped smuggling????/
Too much Oil & Plunder to be had
Written by: riosm, 6 Sep 2011 11:07 AM
From: United States
Grosero,
Look no more......does the ATF's operation "Fast and Furious" ring a bell ?
Nothing like weapons, drugs and money.
Still the best weapon people have against the drug problem and it's FREE is called "don't use".
From: United States
What really impress me , it's the fact that people can get 132 k of coke there , and it's everyday news, like something normal... People don't even pay attention to that..
It that would be somewhere here in USA, it would be on the news for years..
From: Dominican Republic, Puerto Plata
Poor bugger is probably an underling.
Where are the others?
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15 years is nothing! less than a year a kilo. A total farce!!
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We (RD) are just 2 elections away from becoming haiti. lest we wake up the population, which
is gonna be difficult when they are more and more of haitian descent,,can you say catch 22?
** En Higüey de cada 10 partos de 6 a 7 son de haitianas, a veces son hasta 8** (hoy.com.do)
From: Dominican Republic, No Spin Zone
a mere 15 years in La Victoria .....he will be able to do that standing on his head
You think so?.............
15 years in La Victoria is like 45 years in US prisons.
Do you even know about La Victoria's reputation, or you just post for the heck of it?.
The War on Drugs is the Greatest Fraud every perpetrated on the People!
Just think Col. Oliver North!
What, you think the Goons stopped smuggling????/
Too much Oil & Plunder to be had
Look no more......does the ATF's operation "Fast and Furious" ring a bell ?
Nothing like weapons, drugs and money.
Still the best weapon people have against the drug problem and it's FREE is called "don't use".
It that would be somewhere here in USA, it would be on the news for years..
Where are the others?