Dominican Republic Officials Seize Cocaine That Was On Speedboat Destroyed By U.S. Navy

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC – Authorities in the Dominican Republic said they have confiscated some 377 packages of the cocaine transported by a speedboat that was destroyed recently by the U.S. Navy.

The boat was allegedly carrying 1,000 kilograms of the drug.

Officials say this is the first time the United States and the Dominican Republic have carried out a joint operation against narco terrorism in the Caribbean.

The D.R.’s navy worked in conjunction with U.S. authorities to locate the speedboat which was allegedly trying to dock in the D.R. and use the nation as a “bridge” to transport cocaine to the United States.