Moroccan Gendarme Suspected of Leading Cocaine Ring Arrested After High-Speed Chase

Surveillance during an outing that a gendarme on duty in Dar AS-Sikkah in Salé made to Tangier aroused suspicions. The Directorate General of Territorial Surveillance (DGST), which suspected him of being the head of a cocaine trafficking network, provided precise information to the judicial police from the regional security of Kénitra. The latter then set up a roadblock in the vicinity of Kénitra. The suspect refuses the check and rushes at the police roadblock. He engages in a long car chase with the police, on the Mnassra-Kénitra motorway section, reports Assabah.

The law enforcement elements were led to use tire deflation devices to stop the drug trafficking gendarme and his accomplice. During the search of their vehicle, 400 grams of hard drugs, plastic materials used to make cocaine capsules, a large sum of cash and about ten smartphones were seized. During the search of a residence in Témara used by the two accomplices, the investigators seized a few grams of hard drugs and an electronic scale, an essential tool for professional dealers.

On the orders of the prosecutor of the king near the court of first instance of Kénitra, the two suspects were placed in custody. The seized cocaine was handed over to customs. Their vehicle with burst tires and windows was impounded.