28 detained in La Vega sweep; 108 marijuana portions seized
The National Police said 28 people were detained in a preventive sweep across La Vega province on 30 October 2026, alongside soldiers and DNCD drug agents. Police reported 108 portions of suspected marijuana and eight knives, but gave no weight for the drug and no grounds for the detentions.
The National Police said 28 people were detained during a preventive operation
in several sectors of La Vega province on 30 October 2026.[1]Officers
searched 510 people, 215 vehicles and 179 motorcycles, and kept one vehicle and
ten motorcycles.[1]
The police reported seizing 108 portions of suspected marijuana and eight
knives.[1]Officers also took RD$400 in cash, three speakers and three devices
known locally as kitipos.[1]No weight was given for the marijuana, and the
statement reported no laboratory analysis to confirm what the substance was.[1]The police presented the deployment as part of its prevention and
surveillance work with the armed forces to keep order in La Vega.[2]
The operation included checks in what the police called vulnerable sectors, in
pensions, meaning cheap guesthouses, and in lodging establishments chosen for
inspection.[2]Police also reported identifying 11 foreign nationals, without
saying whether they were among the detainees.[1]The statement did not say why
each of the 28 was detained, how many were released or sent to the Public
Ministry, or whether anyone was charged.[1]
Photos and video
Photo published with the report of the operation, captioned as the deployment of military and police authorities in La Vega. Photo: Página ExtraPhoto details
No weight was published for the 108 portions, so the cannabis quantity cannot be given in kilograms.
The police did not say why each of the 28 people was detained, so how many detentions concerned the marijuana is not established.
No charges, releases or court decisions were reported for those detained.
The police statement did not identify the sectors, businesses or lodging houses inspected.
The 108 portions are described as suspected marijuana and no laboratory result confirming the substance was published.
Both articles report the same police statement, which could not be opened directly; neither adds independent reporting.
The knives, RD$400 in cash, speakers and kitipos are non-cannabis items and are not counted in the cannabis figures.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in Noticia.do: Preventive police units, the Central Investigations Directorate (DICRIM), the Dominican Army and the National Drug Control Directorate (DNCD), the country's drug-control agency, took part, and the operation ran from 2:00 to 6:30 in the afternoon.
The DNCD reported seizing 11,065.01 kg of marijuana and 16.44 kg of hashish between April and June 2026, part of 16,671.16 kg of all drugs in its second-quarter statistical summary. The same operations produced 12,548 detentions, most of them in June, when San José de Ocoa accounted for 7,789.97 kg of marijuana.
Dominican anti-drug agents seized 11 packages of suspected marijuana hidden inside a bench seat shipped from Miami to Las Américas airport in Boca Chica. No arrests were reported, and the material was sent to the national forensics institute while prosecutors investigate those responsible and the shipment's destination.
Three Dominicans were detained off Baní after a 15-hour air-sea-land pursuit intercepted a 32-foot boat carrying 1,360 suspected cocaine packages and 30 blocks of apparent marijuana. The DNCD-led operation with US and Colombian support sent the 1,390 packages for forensic analysis, with the network investigation still open.
The DNCD reported seizing 12,101.94 kg of marijuana between January and June 2026, more than in all of 2025, out of 24,139.53 kg of drugs in the half-year. More than 90% of the marijuana came in April-June, and the agency's operations produced 24,076 detentions.
