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Haiti steps up fight against against illegal drugs trade

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, CMC – Haitian law enforcement authorities say they have seized more than 2,000 kilogrammes of illegal drugs over the past 20 months and confiscated more than a million US dollars.
Head of the Anti-Drug Unit, Joris Mergelus, said in addition 238 people have been detained in connection with the seizure and illegal rug shipments.
“Of the 238 arrested as of August this year, 31 are woman and 18 have been extradited to the US, the Bahamas and the Dominican Republic,” he said.

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