Former MLB pitcher Octavio Dotel and infielder Luis Castillo were arrested in the Dominican Republic on Tuesday, according to Diario Libre, a leading Dominican newspaper.
Dotel and Castillo were arrested in a large government operation against drug trafficking and money laundering, according to the Dominican Republic's attorney general Jean Alain Rodriguez. The pair of former MLB players were reportedly associated with powerful crime boss Cesar Emilio Peralta, otherwise known as "Cesar el Abusador".
Dotel played for 13 teams in his 15-year career from 1999-2013. The right-handed reliever spent five years with the Astros from 2000-03.