Inaugurated in March 2022, the Fnideq commercial zone, intended to revive commercial activity at the border with Ceuta, seems to be keeping its promises. At least that’s what the authorities say.
A Moroccan minor was found on Sunday under the bus transporting the players of Real Murcia to the maritime station of the port of Ceuta after their match at the Alfonso Murube stadium, delaying their return to Algeciras (Cádiz).
Travelers smuggling goods from Morocco to Ceuta will now be fined a minimum of 500 euros.
A Moroccan residing in the Netherlands was arrested on Friday morning in Ceuta for drug trafficking. He had a large quantity of drugs that he was trying to smuggle into Algeciras.
Mohamed Chairi Hatti, 17, from Fnideq in Morocco, disappeared at sea while trying to reach Ceuta by swimming. His family is desperately searching for him.
After a difficult Sunday marked by interruptions due to Storm Bernard, maritime traffic has resumed its usual pace this Monday between Algeciras and Tangier in the Strait of Gibraltar.
A Moroccan national, legally residing in Spain, was arrested by the Civil Guard in Ceuta as he was trying to smuggle nearly 13 kilos of hashish. The MRE was caught red-handed early Thursday morning, in his car, just before boarding a ferry to Algeciras.
A Colombian citizen was arrested on Friday by the Civil Guard, in collaboration with the Moroccan security forces, as he was trying to illegally leave Spain via the Ceuta border with Morocco.
The far-right party Vox is calling on the Spanish government to defend "the territorial integrity of Spain" and demand that Morocco "explicitly recognize" the Spanish character of Ceuta and Melilla.
One month after the devastating earthquake that struck Morocco on September 8, NGOs and volunteers from Ceuta and Melilla have failed to deliver the humanitarian aid they collected to the kingdom. The authorities of Tetouan and Nador, Moroccan cities bordering the two autonomous cities, have asked them to wait.
A man of Algerian origin was arrested in Ceuta as he was trying to reach Morocco by swimming. He would be involved in a homicide case in France.
An attempt to traffic nearly 40 kilos of drugs was thwarted on Friday morning by customs and police elements at the border post of Ceuta , in northern Morocco.