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Fun in the sun becomes 'living nightmare' as Ontario man faces 'bogus' drug charges in Dominican Republic

Fun in the sun becomes ‘living nightmare’ as Ontario man faces ‘bogus’ drug charges in Dominican Republic

Jane Wilcox and David Bennett of Burlington, Ont., were on holiday in the Dominican Republic when he was pulled from a security-check line at the airport while they were heading home. Wilcox says her husband faces drug charges and can’t leave the Caribbean country after a piece of luggage was mistaken for being his. “The fact that he’s being held on these bogus charges is just so against his character,” she says.

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