A Canadian airline crew was among those detained at the Punta Cana International Airport in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, after over 200 packages of presumed cocaine were seized on their Toronto-bound aircraft, officials said. Video released by the country’s National Directorate for Drug Control (DNCD) shows law enforcement officers going through what is allegedly the cocaine seized on the plane.
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