The Dominican Republic said Sept. 21 it confiscated some of the estimated 2,200 pounds of cocaine allegedly being transported by a speedboat recently destroyed by the U.S. Navy.
The Caribbean nation’s National Directorate for Drug Control said it recovered 377 packages of cocaine.
The Dominican Republic’s Navy worked in conjunction with the United States to pinpoint the boat allegedly carrying cocaine, leading to the U.S. strike. Dominican authorities said the boat was using the Dominican Republic as a bridge to bring drugs to the United States. Officials said the boat was destroyed 80 nautical miles south of Isla Beata, a small island belonging to the Dominican Republic….