Authorities at the Dominican Republic’s Las Américas International Airport have foiled an attempted international drug smuggling operation, taking a 61-year-old Swiss man and a 19-year-old French woman into custody, officials from the country’s National Drug Control Directorate confirmed this week. The pair was preparing to board an outbound flight bound for Frankfurt, Germany when security screeners detected the contraband during routine safety checks. The incident marks one of the recent high-profile drug interdictions at the Caribbean nation’s busiest international air hub, which serves as a key transit point for travel between the Americas and Europe.