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(CMC) \u2013 The Dominica police on Friday said they had made the biggest drug bust in the country\u2019s history after more than 1,700 kilos of cocaine with a street value of over EC$46 million (One EC dollar=US$0.37 cents) was seized earlier this week.<\/p>

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The country\u2019s acting police commissioner, Lincoln Corbette, told a news conference that the seizure is part of the operation Clean Street.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe seized, I believe, the biggest haul in Dominica; it must be the biggest haul ever, ever in Dominica,\u201d he said, recalling that in 1981, 1982, the country had a seizure of about 3,000 pounds of cocaine.<\/p>

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\u2018We have dwarfed that. We seized 1,730 kilos of cocaine with a street value estimated at EC$46.764 million,\u201d Corbette said, congratulating the officers involved for their hard work. \u201cThat is 46 million dollars that will not be in the hands of the criminals to cause damage and danger to our citizens. Cocaine is a very dangerous substance,\u201d he added.<\/p>

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Corbette did not disclose if anyone had been arrested in connection with the cocaine seizure, but said that 24 arrests and the seizure of large amounts of cash and a number of firearms had been confiscated as a result of the ongoing operation, Clean Street.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe have arrested 19 males and five females in this operation, and they have been charged for various offences. During the exercise, we seized in excess of US$10,000, 800 Barbados dollars, 400 Euros and EC$30,507. We seized and recovered two shotguns, one sub-machine gun, one nine millimetre Taurus pistol, seven air rifles, two Glock pistols,\u201d he said, in addition to several rounds of ammunition.<\/p>

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