A man from the Dominican Republic was sentenced to 15 years in U.S. District Court for trafficking heroin and fentanyl in Virginia after he was reportedly deported six times.

Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares confirmed that a “broad search” is being conducted for Sudiksha Konanki, a 20-year-old resident of Virginia who disappeared while visiting the Dominican Republic.

A 20-year-old University of Pittsburgh student is believed to have drowned in a big wave during a spring break trip to the Dominican Republic, a report says. Sudiksha Konanki, from northern Virginia,

Sudishka Konanki, a University of Pittsburgh student from Virginia was last seen walking on a beach outside the RIU Republica Resort in the Dominican Republic on March 6.

The University of Pittsburgh junior was last seen early Thursday morning. Local and federal law enforcement, along with Dominican police, are all working on the investigation together. An exhaustive search of the beach in Punta Cana.

Surveillance footage, beach encounters, and unanswered questions surround Sudiksha Konanki’s disappearance at a resort in a Caribbean resort town.

Sudiksha Konanki had traveled to the Dominican Republic a week ago with five girlfriends on a spring break trip.

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic — The FBI has joined the search for a 20-year-old University of Pittsburgh student who went missing nearly a week ago while on spring break in the Dominican tourist town of Punta Cana, police said Tuesday.

A 20-year-old college student has gone missing while on vacation in the Dominican Republic, sparking a search that spans land, air and sea.

Clothing belonging to missing University of Pittsburgh student Sudiksha Konanki has been found on the beach in the Dominican Republic where she was last seen Thursday as the search continued Tuesday for the 20-year-old Virginia woman.

Sudiksha Konanki was last seen before dawn on March 6 at a beach near the resort where she was staying, according to Civil Defense officials, who said the search for her continued on Sunday.