Three arrested in Capotillo marijuana raid during hunt for Boca 30
Dominican police arrested two men and a woman during a search for a fugitive in Capotillo, Santo Domingo, and seized nine packages, 10 containers and 82 bags of suspected marijuana, a scale and seven machines. The three remained in custody, one was to be handed to the national drug agency, and the fugitive, 18-year-old Vladimir Bisamal Yanki, alias Boca 30, was still at large.
🇩🇴 Calle Duarte, callejón Sibanito, Capotillo, Distrito Nacional, Santo Domingo · Dominican Republic
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National Police officers in the Dominican Republic arrested two men and a woman
during an operation in the Capotillo sector of the Distrito Nacional, Santo
Domingo.[1] Police spokesman Diego Pesqueira said the search took place on
Calle Duarte, in the alley known as callejón Sibanito.[1] It formed part of
the hunt for Vladimir Bisamal Yanki, alias “Boca 30”, an 18-year-old wanted by
the authorities.[1] The detainees were identified as Marcos Augusto Rivera
Díaz, Emilio Lucas and Esperanza Cuevas María, whom police described as the
fugitive’s partner.[1] Rivera Díaz was to be sent to the National Drug Control
Directorate (DNCD), while the three remained in custody for legal proceedings.[2]
Agents of the Central Investigation Directorate (DICRIM) found nine packages of
a vegetable believed to be marijuana, 10 plastic containers with a similar
substance and 82 ziplock bags of suspected marijuana.[1] They also seized a
scale and seven machines in a deteriorated state.[1] The operation was carried
out by the Operational Department II of the Central Unit for the Search and
Capture of Fugitives, Rebels and Convicted Persons, with the investigation
sub-directorate of Santo Domingo Norte.[1]
The police said their operations against the sale and distribution of controlled
substances in the country remained active.[1] The search for Bisamal Yanki
continued.[2]
Sources
- La Policía arresta a tres personas e incauta presunta marihuana durante un operativo en República Dominicana. Infobae, 30 October 2026. In Spanish.
- Apresan a tres personas durante búsqueda de prófugo alias «Boca 30» en Capotillo. El Nuevo Diario, 29 October 2026. In Spanish.
Open questions the AI reported
- Neither report dates the operation; 29 October 2026 is the publication time of El Nuevo Diario's account, and Infobae published on 30 October.
- No weight or street value was published for the suspected marijuana, only counts of packages, containers and bags.
- The reports do not say what charges the three detainees face or whether they appeared before a court.
- The same Infobae article recounts separate police operations from August to October, including a national round-up of 115 raids and 441 operations, which are different events left out here.
