The Dominican Newspaper El Nacional has reported that the Customs Director Miguel Cocco has now instructed the departments Intelligence Officials to commence an investigation, working with Federal Agencies from the United States they will look closely to see if the Dominican Republic is being used as a destination for drug trafficking money.

Just yesterday the Customs Dept., seized an amazing US$738,585 dollars which equates to 24 million pesos from a Diana Marte Perez, who brought the money into the country stashed in several packages.

Marte who arrived from Mayaguez in Puerto Rico via the Ferry transfer boat between the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico is still refusing to say where the money originated from.  So far this year it is the second case of undeclared dollars seized by Custom Officials at the Ferry Terminal within the last 3 months.

April of this year authorities also discovered and confiscated US$420,000 also via the Ferry crossing from a Hector Manuel Rodriguez who is Dominican born and now nationalized in America, and also from Francisco Javier Molina Garcia from Puerto Rico.

The Ferry is not the only method money is being brought into the country, the airports in Cibao, Santiago has come across a minor found to be traveling alone with more than US$400,000 and also in Las Americas airport in Santo Domingo a Chilean person had four suitcases stuffed with Euros.

It has been reported that now the National Police along with Armed Forces Officials assigned to the Customs Dept., are assisting with US Federal Agents to try and find the origin of the money brought in by Diana Marte.