Local August 9, 2012 - 2:40 pm

Antinarcotics Agency to incinerate several tons of drugs Friday

Santo Domingo.- The National Drugs Control Agency (DNCD) will incinerate several tons of cocaine, heroin, marijuana and crack 9:30am Friday at the of headquarters of the 1st Army Brigade, 25 kilometers north on the Duarte Highway.

Without specifying the amount of drugs to be burned, or its likely market value, DNCD spokesman Roberto Lebron said Agency president Rolando Rosado and Presidency Antinarcotics advisor Marino Vinicio Castillo will head the activity.

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