A large international drug ring operated by Dominicans, Jamaicans, Colombians, Venezuelans, Puerto Ricans, Americans and Bahamians that provided planes used to smuggle drugs from South America into the United States has been dismantled, Dominican drug enforcement officials said.

Businessmen Rafael Senen Rosado Fermin, owner of Caribair, Sergio Rene Gomez Diaz and Jose Figueroa Ortiz were arrested on charges that they headed the criminal organization.