SANTO DOMINGO. – Dominican Antinarcotics (DNCD) agents assigned to the Las Americas Airport International are being investigated in the heels of 130 pounds of cocaine seized in Philadelphia International Airport, reportedly sent from Santo Domingo’s terminal.
United States Drug Enforcement (DEA) agents began investigations into the confiscation today Monday, after the United States Immigration Department reported that on Saturday, January 7 three bags left on board U.S. Airways flight 1068 flight from Santo Domingo, which turned out to be 52 packages of cocaine.
The airline asked the DEA to investigate because that day’s flight was directed by DNCD personnel in AILA, who allegedly removed the flight’s private security personnel, and replaced with Antinarcotics AGency officers.
The arrival of US antinarcotics agents as well as U.S. Airways security guards has created surprise in the terminal where videos have been requested that apparently were erased, for which that day’s operation wasn’t recorded.
The DEA agents met with the carrier’s executives in Philadelphia, before traveling to Santo Domingo where they continue the investigation.
U.S. Airways managers said the DNCD agents assumed the plane’s security that day, in an operation they affirm included a search of the passengers and their luggage and used trained dogs, which caused a nearly half an hour delay in its departure, from 3:11pm to 3:37pm.
The situation has prompted the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to fine U.S. Airways 2.0 million dollars, for transporting the drug on board its aircraft.
Written by: juanb, 16 Jan 2012 1:42 PM
From: Dominican Republic
Is luggage being transferred to a connecting flight examined?
Written by: RoyStone, 16 Jan 2012 1:45 PM
From: Australia
No wonder the passengers were suspicious - the delay was only half an hour.
Written by: xwill7, 16 Jan 2012 1:52 PM
From: United States, El cuarto bate
Hope ticket prices to DR do not increase anymore because of this. They already seem higher than last year!
Written by: Juango, 16 Jan 2012 3:23 PM
From: United States, far S. Florida (formerly Santo Domingo)
Not good news for the DR. This confirms that some of the AILA staff &/or DNCD are obviously involved in drug trafficking. Could this possibly lead to a suspension of US carriers from servicing the DR for security reasons, by the US government? If these fools can get 3 bags aboard with 130 lb of drugs, why can't they smuggle 10-50 lb of explosives ! I see it as a major security breach.
Written by: lovingit, 16 Jan 2012 3:25 PM
From: United States, Delaware
The story is starting to make a little more sense now... many stones still need to be turned.
From: Dominican Republic, vieja Santo Domingo
Juamgo yes you have hit it on the nail,,this was a very deliberate but rather stupid operation because there are just two many easy clues ,,,but why do we not know the name of the passenger who checked the bags in . all the anti nacotics people on duty for that plane need to be put through the third degree ,,,Videos erased for the day , security changed for a drugs plane ...it seems all too easy and it seems US Airways was a very innocent victim in all this
From: United States
Easy to see who was involved since the evidence on this side was erased. The US should just say no flights or boats can enter the US from the Dominican Republic using their corrupt security. If they do no want to use real security all flights stop. Once the US does it plenty of other countries will follow. Fining the airline will do nothing since they have no control over it.
Find the DNCD they have plenty of money and are clearly involved.
Hope this case opens up a can of worms internationally.
From: Dominican Republic
Oddly enough...USAir gets the fine, yet not responsible for what gets loaded on the plane. Something really stinks here...on both sides!
From: Dominican Republic, vieja Santo Domingo
yes Mike I mentioned that and I can not imagine they will pay when it was government officers that delayed the flight . I hope this leads to all the airlines making a very strong stand against the security processes in the DR ...as was mentioned it could have been a bomb and not cocaine in the bricks ...and so easy to see on the xray machines
Written by: Vivacuba, 16 Jan 2012 5:53 PM
From: Dominican Republic
Arrest all the agents and there won't be any agents left to interdict the US Governments shipments. How convenient.
Written by: kennyB, 16 Jan 2012 9:51 PM
From: United States
Written by: VeronicaDR, 16 Jan 2012 3:45 PM
From: United States
US should just say no flights or boats can enter the US from the Dominican Republic using their corrupt security. If they do no want to use real security all flights stop. Once the US does it plenty of other countries will follow. Fining the airline will do nothing since they have no control over it.
Senseless!
Written by: zooma, 17 Jan 2012 4:59 AM
From: United States
This is an excellent example of ICE fining the messenger for the contents of the message. The proper thing to do would be to advise the airline of the chance of a fine pending the outcome of an investigation.
The above event will force captains of aircraft to do the unthinkable, performing their own security inspections, as they (the airline) are responsible for the security of the contents of thier aircraft. So some bold pilot will someday hold up a flight to personally inspect cargo. The authorities need to rethink the present fine process, some common sense should be infused.
Written by: Grosero, 17 Jan 2012 7:05 AM
From: United States
The War on Drugs is a money driven profit maker for a select few, and it has nothing to do with drug abuse but everything to do with making money off of misery!
Try Reading/ Printing the Truth
• "As of 2004, more African American men were disenfranchised (due to felon disenfranchisement laws) than in 1870, the year the Fifteenth Amendment was ratified prohibiting laws that explicitly deny the right to vote on the basis of race."
• In 2005, 4 out of 5 drug arrests were for possession not trafficking, and 80% of the increase in drug arrests in the 1990s was for marijuana.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rus....the-dream-the-math_b_1207767.htmlWritten by: Grosero, 17 Jan 2012 7:05 AM
From: United States
The War on Drugs is a money driven profit maker for a select few, and it has nothing to do with drug abuse but everything to do with making money off of misery!
Try Reading/ Printing the Truth
• Since 1971, there have been more than 40 million arrests for drug-related offenses. Even though blacks and whites have similar levels of drug use, blacks are ten times as likely to be incarcerated for drug crimes.
• "There are more blacks under correctional control today -- in prison or jail, on probation or parole -- than were enslaved in 1850, a decade before the Civil War began."
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rus....the-dream-the-math_b_1207767.htmlWritten by: Grosero, 17 Jan 2012 7:06 AM
From: United States
The Justice Policy Institute noted that these companies make more money through longer prison sentences, but you don't need a report from a nonprofit group to know that. Just look at their own investor reports. The Corrections Corporation of America, the largest for-profit prison company in the country, lists as a business risk in its 10K to the SEC "any changes with respect to drugs and controlled substances or illegal immigration could affect the number of persons arrested, convicted, and sentenced, thereby potentially reducing demand for correctional facilities to house them." CCA also told investors it would make less money if there were lower minimum sentences and more eligibility for inmates for early release for good behavior.
Putting people in jail and keeping them there is good for business.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rus....the-dream-the-math_b_1207767.htmlWritten by: RoyStone, 17 Jan 2012 9:51 AM
From: Australia
Grosero,
Total Slaves in America in 1860 = 3,950,546
Total blacks in prison in 2009 = 905,800
Wikipedia
The article you quote = bull$hit
Written by: Vivacuba, 18 Jan 2012 4:30 AM
From: Dominican Republic
The american population is now 130,000,000 slaves
Written by: RoyStone, 18 Jan 2012 5:01 AM
From: Australia
Grosero,
So drug addicts outnumber pushers?
So what? There are more drinkers than bars too.
Convicted felons lose their right to vote?
Ohh how terrible - must be a white-supremacist conspiracy!
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Is luggage being transferred to a connecting flight examined?
Find the DNCD they have plenty of money and are clearly involved.
Hope this case opens up a can of worms internationally.
Written by: VeronicaDR, 16 Jan 2012 3:45 PM
From: United States
US should just say no flights or boats can enter the US from the Dominican Republic using their corrupt security. If they do no want to use real security all flights stop. Once the US does it plenty of other countries will follow. Fining the airline will do nothing since they have no control over it.
Senseless!
This is an excellent example of ICE fining the messenger for the contents of the message. The proper thing to do would be to advise the airline of the chance of a fine pending the outcome of an investigation.
The above event will force captains of aircraft to do the unthinkable, performing their own security inspections, as they (the airline) are responsible for the security of the contents of thier aircraft. So some bold pilot will someday hold up a flight to personally inspect cargo. The authorities need to rethink the present fine process, some common sense should be infused.
Try Reading/ Printing the Truth
• "As of 2004, more African American men were disenfranchised (due to felon disenfranchisement laws) than in 1870, the year the Fifteenth Amendment was ratified prohibiting laws that explicitly deny the right to vote on the basis of race."
• In 2005, 4 out of 5 drug arrests were for possession not trafficking, and 80% of the increase in drug arrests in the 1990s was for marijuana.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rus....the-dream-the-math_b_1207767.html
Try Reading/ Printing the Truth
• Since 1971, there have been more than 40 million arrests for drug-related offenses. Even though blacks and whites have similar levels of drug use, blacks are ten times as likely to be incarcerated for drug crimes.
• "There are more blacks under correctional control today -- in prison or jail, on probation or parole -- than were enslaved in 1850, a decade before the Civil War began."
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rus....the-dream-the-math_b_1207767.html
Putting people in jail and keeping them there is good for business.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rus....the-dream-the-math_b_1207767.html
Total Slaves in America in 1860 = 3,950,546
Total blacks in prison in 2009 = 905,800
Wikipedia
The article you quote = bull$hit
So drug addicts outnumber pushers?
So what? There are more drinkers than bars too.
Convicted felons lose their right to vote?
Ohh how terrible - must be a white-supremacist conspiracy!