Spain-Morocco Tensions Rise as Drug Seizure Follows Migrant Crisis in Ceuta

23 May 2021 – bySylvanus@Bladi · 1 min read

While Spain has accused Morocco of "aggression" and "blackmail" following the massive influx of migrants to Ceuta, it seems to be allowing a significant amount of drugs to flow. The Moroccan security services, in particular the General Directorate of National Security (DGSN), seized a large quantity of psychotropic tablets and cocaine from the port of Algeciras on Friday.

The Moroccan police elements, in coordination with Customs at the port of Tanger-Med, last Friday seized 361,672 tablets and 4.477 kg of cocaine from the port of Algeciras in Spain, reports Maghreb Intelligence. This operation comes at a time when tensions have risen a notch between the Iberian peninsula and Morocco.

Between Monday and Tuesday, 8,000 migrants - including 2,000 minors - illegally entered the Spanish enclave of Ceuta. A major migration crisis for Spain coupled with a diplomatic crisis with Morocco. Spain has accused Morocco of "aggression" and "blackmail".

The emergency admission of the Secretary General of the Polisario, Brahim Ghali, to a hospital in Logroño, under the assumed name of Mohamed Ben Battouche, of Algerian nationality, is at the origin of a diplomatic crisis between the two countries.

It appears, according to the publication, that Spain has turned a blind eye to this significant drug trafficking.

Category: Spain

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Spain Drugs Algeciras General Directorate of National Security