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Local July 17, 2015 | 9:24 am

Customs employees in US$1.0M airport theft get 1 year in jail to await trial

Santiago.- A Santiago court on Thursday sent eight CustomsAgency employees at Cibao Airport and a woman traveler to one year pretrialdetention, on charges of currency smuggling and money laundering.

Judicial District Permanent Attention judge Luis Nobel handeddown the ruling after deliberating several hours on motions by prosecution and defense lawyers.

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