The elements of the Joint Control Brigade of Customs and National Security operating at the Bab Sebta crossing point thwarted, on Saturday, an attempt to traffic 17.5 kilograms of cannabis resin in the form of tablets.
A Moroccan female carrier, commonly called a "mule woman", died around five o’clock in the morning on Wednesday, September 18, while waiting on the Moroccan side of the Ceuta border to enter this city through "Tarajal II".
A bill for the construction of a wall on the borders of Ceuta and Melilla. This is the latest brainchild of the Spanish far-right deputies to make a place for themselves in the Congress in the next elections. This political tendency intends, with this bill, to contribute its stone to the fight against irregular immigration.
As every year, the Operation of the Crossing of the Strait (OPE), in its Spanish acronym, allows to establish the performances that testify to the work done by all the participating agents. On Sunday, September 15, the Port of Ceuta set a new historical record in terms of passenger and vehicle traffic for the 2019 edition of this Operation.
The Joint Customs and National Security Control Brigade at the Bab Sebta crossing point thwarted, this weekend, an attempt to traffic 10 kilograms of chira, according to a statement from the General Directorate of National Security (DGSN).
The authorities of the autonomous city of Ceuta have decreed the "definitive" closure, for "security" reasons, of the northern passage of the autonomous city, where the last group of migrants from the barrier left on August 30. This was a transit point to and from Morocco that was widely used.
For the first time, at the end of August, the number of people affiliated with social security in Ceuta under the special regime for domestic workers exceeded two thousand (2001), in a sector covered by Moroccan women who access the autonomous city every day to work for individuals.
Since September 1, 2019, unaccompanied minors of Spanish nationality or those traveling with third parties have been required to carry a travel permit to leave Spain during their trip.
On the orders of Court of Instruction No. 2 of Ceuta, the two individuals who were arrested on Friday, August 30, by the Spanish police while transporting 975 kilos of hashish hidden in a ship have been placed in detention.
Last week, several hundred migrants, the vast majority from sub-Saharan African countries, managed to reach Ceuta after climbing the barrier separating it from Morocco.
Six Spanish Civil Guard agents were injured on Friday, August 30, 2019, during the assault on the Ceuta barrier by migrants. These injuries were caused by the throwing of bottles containing sulfuric acid by the migrants.
The Spanish Government, through the Ministry of the Interior, has announced its intention to remove the barbed wire called "concertina" from the border fences between Ceuta and Melilla with Morocco. This project could be carried out before the end of September 2019.