The Dominican Republic has already seized in six months more than three-quarters of what was seized in all of 2025.
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During the first six months of 2026, the National Drug Control Directorate (DNCD) of the Dominican Republic seized 24,139.53 kilograms of drugs between January and June. This volume represents a 33.76 percent increase compared to the 18,047.61 kilograms seized during the same period in 2025, marking an absolute increase of 6,091 kilograms.
The surge in drug seizures during the first half of 2026 already accounts for more than three-quarters of the total amount of narcotics confiscated throughout the entirety of the previous year, 2025.
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Diario LibreFocuses on the statistical 34% increase in first-semester seizures.
InfobaeHighlights that six-month seizures surpass three-quarters of the 2025 total.
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