Dominican Republic says it seized cocaine that was on speedboat destroyed by US Navy

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP

By MANUEL RUEDA
Updated 6:40 AM CDT, September 22, 2025

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Authorities in the Dominican Republic said Sunday they have confiscated some of the cocaine transported by a speedboat that was destroyed recently by the U.S. Navy, as the Trump administration carries out a controversial anti-narcotics mission in the southern Caribbean.

In a press conference, the Dominican Republic’s National Directorate for Drug Control said it recovered 377 packages of cocaine from the boat which was allegedly carrying 1,000 kilograms of the drug.

Officials said the boat was destroyed about 80 nautical miles south of Isla Beata, a small island that belongs to the Dominican Republic. They said the Dominican’s Republic Navy worked in conjunction with U.S. authorities to locate the speedboat which was allegedly trying to dock in the Dominican Republic and use the nation as a “bridge” to transport cocaine to the United States.

“This is the first time in history that the United States and the Dominican Republic carry out a joint operation against narco terrorism in the Caribbean,” the directorate said in a statement.



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[Solly Mack]

1. OK

[taxi]

2. Wait a friggin' minute!

From the OP:

the speedboat which was allegedly trying to dock in the Dominican Republic

Am I reading this correctly? The boat was NOT headed for the US, but for the Dominican Republic?
If they were looking to blow up a boat headed for the US they should have picked a boat headed for the US.

[prodigitalson]

3. they're on their knees

head turned sideways, trying to get one eyelevel with the carpet fibers in the ocean floor

[taxi]

6. Oh, colloquially speaking

it sounds like they have a stick up their ass

[wiggs]

4. those packages look in pretty good shape, given that the boat was destroyed and no survivors. nt

[wiggs]

5. During TSFs first term IIRC one of TSF's lackey brought stacks of paper to a press conference and claimed

they represented a comprehensive new health care plan. Most pages were blank.

[ananda]

7. Yeah, I was wondering about that also.

!@#$%

[PatSeg]

14. Yeah, very fishy (no pun intended)

[bluestarone]

15. Yep, kinda tells a way different story!

Like maybe, somebody is lying their ass off!!

[patphil]

16. My thoughts exactly. Pristine packaging.

[Nigrum Cattus]

8. Not buying any of it !

If the boat was "destroyed" there sure as hell would
not be any intact packages. 377 "packages" would not
be whole if they were hit with a high explosive charge.

[Lovie777]

9. It is a lie...

If the packages were on the boat which was blown up would have destroyed. Those packages are in good shape but the boat and people were destroyed.

[Bengus81]

10. Oh fucking BS,those packages are PRISTINE......

But a boat was blown to pieces? Nice fucking try........

[azureblue]

11. as badly staged

as a junior high school play...
Entirely faked.

[Bayard]

12. The Dominican Republic must not be on trump's enemies list

Still not buying the official version of this fairy tale.

[Prairie Gates]

17. I think the top generals just got penthouses in Miami

This is so goofy.

[IronLionZion]

13. Interesting that those drugs didn't sink to the bottom of the ocean