Agents seize 241,605 British pounds at Las Americas Airport

Santo Domingo..- The Customs Agency Sunday night seized 241,605 British pounds from a woman who tried to smuggle the money into the country from Spain via Las Americas Airport (AILA).

The National Drugs Control Agency (DNCD), which also took part in the case, said Guillermina Polanco arrived on Air Europa flight 0089 and Customs inspectors found the money in her luggage.

Also arrested were Domingo Burgos Toribio, Jose Alejandro Noesi and Yaraset Cortorreal, who went to receive Polanco in a Toyota car and a Toyota Sienna, in which the Customs and DNCD agents found a 9 mm Norinco pistol.