Two Haitians arrested as 45 cannabis plants seized in Ocoa hills
DNCD agents and prosecutors seized 45 marijuana plants from a mountain plantation in Los Limoncillos, San José de Ocoa, and arrested two Haitian citizens. The plants were sent to the forensic institute for weighing as investigators probe links to other large plantations in the province.
🇩🇴 Los Limoncillos, San José de Ocoa province, Dominican Republic
Arrested
2
Plants destroyed
45
Agencies
National Directorate for Drug Control (DNCD), Public Ministry +1
Agents of the Dominican National Directorate for Drug Control and the Public
Ministry discovered an illegal marijuana plantation in the mountains of the Los
Limoncillos community in San José de Ocoa.[1]Two Haitian citizens linked to
the crop were arrested and handed over to the judicial authorities.[1]
The plantation held 45 marijuana plants.[1]Air force helicopters, drones and
specialized personnel located the crop north of the Los Limoncillos hills in a
hard-to-reach area.[2]Officers also found two incinerated nurseries, a
fumigation pump, tanks, a roll of shade mesh, two cell phones, cash and other
germination equipment.[1]The seized plants were sent under chain of custody
to the National Institute of Forensic Sciences to determine the total weight of
the crop.[1]The 45 plants were taken to the forensic institute for analysis
to establish their weight.[2]
The Public Ministry and the DNCD are investigating whether the crop is linked to
other large marijuana plantations recently dismantled in the province.[1]Operational teams continue focused search and tracking near the places where
plantations have been found in Ocoa.[2]
Photos and video
DNCD handout photo of the 45 marijuana plants seized in Los Limoncillos, San Jose de Ocoa. Photo: DNCD via Infobae.Photo details
The DNCD and partner agencies said they removed 5,364 cannabis plants from two sites in Azua Province on 11 September 2026, with 5,520 seedlings also found at Las Lagunas. A woman was arrested.
DNCD and prosecutors uprooted 15,392 marijuana plants from a plantation in El Pinar, San José de Ocoa, in what the agency called the largest domestic cultivation bust in the country's history. More than 10 people were questioned; no charges were reported.
The DNCD eradicated at least 4,835 marijuana plants in Peravia and San José de Ocoa between February and June 2026, including more than 3,000 at a farm in El Pinar. Three people were arrested at the El Pinar site, where officers also seized processing equipment and stored marijuana.
Dominican anti-drug agents dismantled a mountain marijuana plantation in Monteria, Bani, seizing 1,835 plants with cultivation equipment. Three suspects, including the Dominican landowner and two Haitian citizens, remained fugitives and were urged to surrender.
