Due to the works at the Tarajal pass, the transit of all types of goods from Ceuta to Morocco by vehicles belonging to the "atypical trade" agreed by the authorities of the Kingdom will be suspended and for an indefinite period. Cross-border trade between Morocco and the autonomous city of Ceuta will not resume in September 2019, as the two parties had previously agreed.
An international network of luxury car trafficking has just been dismantled by the Spanish Guardia civil. At the Ceuta border post, three individuals were arrested as they were trying to smuggle a car stolen in Germany.
Smuggling at the level of the two Spanish enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla is not to the liking of Morocco. To this end, it has been attacking the illicit trade in recent months and has, at the same time, suspended legal trade with Spain, thus engaging in a tug-of-war with this ally country. Is this a way to push Madrid to renounce its sovereignty over these territories?
The Ceuta border crossing was the scene of an escape attempt by a Moroccan Resident Abroad (MRE), who tried to force the customs passage without undergoing the control points.
At the Bab Sebta crossing point, elements of the Joint Control Brigade seized 11,700 psychotropic tablets hidden in milk cartons. This large batch of drugs belonged to two women coming from Spain.
From 2018 to 2019, Morocco remained a key ally that helps Spain reduce illegal immigration.
The Civil Guard of Ceuta recovered, on Friday, August 2, 2019, a Moroccan in the waters near the cliffs of the southern coast of the autonomous city. The autopsy reveals that the body of this man, in an advanced state of decomposition, has been at sea for a week.
Four Moroccan fishermen were rescued on Tuesday, July 30, 2019, by the Spanish National Police, near Ceuta, after their boat sank due to bad weather conditions. While the two survived, their boat could not be recovered.
Giving birth is the most beautiful but also the most painful moment in a woman’s life. Often, mothers spend nine months preparing for this moment, which is often immortalized, with impatience and a little fear.
The local police of the city of Ceuta have just announced the arrest of six people accused of attacking Moroccan minors.
In coordination with the Customs elements, the National Security Services operating at the Bab Sebta crossing point seized, on Friday, July 19, 2019, 345 kg of cannabis resin, on board a motorhome registered abroad and driven by a Spanish national.
The Government of the Spanish enclave of Sebta will implement the "Smart Border" Project. It allows facial recognition of people. The tests, initiated for this purpose in July 2019 at the Tarajal II crossing, will target the strengthening of security systems and the passage of goods, in particular.