Drug-smuggling boat struck by US was carrying more than a ton of suspected cocaine, Dominican Republic says

President Donald Trump has been ordering airstrikes against drug trafficking vessels The Dominican Republic has indicated that a boat targeted by a U.S. airstrike had been ferrying "approximately 1,000 kilograms of suspected cocaine." That figure converts to more than 2,200 pounds, which is more than one ton of the drug. The Dominican Republic indicated that its National Drug Control Directorate and its navy seized hundreds of packages of the drug following the American attack against the vessel. "The packages were sent, under chain of custody, to the National Institute of Forensic Sciences (INACIF) to determine their exact type and weight,"...