SANTO DOMINGO:The Customs Agency (DGA) said it has incinerated nearly RD$1.0 billion-worth (US$22.2 million) of seized merchandise since anti-smuggling operations began in 2014, and include pricey liquors, cigarettes among other items.
Customs said the merchandise destroyed yesterday was worth RD$67.1 million, and forms part of the effort to counter smuggling, counterfeiting and other illicit activities, which harms Dominican Republic´s legal trade.
“Customs Agency officials and executives of distributors representing the various brands of smuggled products headed yesterday´s operation,” Customs said in a statement, adding that among the merchandise figured 1,260 boxes of liquors (10,742 liters) and 3.6 million packs of cigarettes smuggled into the country.
