Spanish Police Bust Major Drug Ring Led by Moroccan Fugitive, 66 Arrested

It took 300 security service agents, several services combined, to successfully carry out the operations that led to the dismantling of this major criminal network, active in Morocco and Europe, whose leader is Moroccan. No less than 66 people were arrested, mostly Moroccans from Tétouan and Tangier, but also foreigners.

Several searches were carried out in the residences of the members of this traffic, in several localities, including San Roque, Algeciras, Los Barrios, San Enrique de Guadario, Malaga, and Seville.

Three tons of drugs, four speedboats, three stolen 4x4s used for transport, 13 other (non-stolen) vehicles and several sophisticated firearms were seized during two police operations that led to the dismantling of this mafia.

The drug trafficking money was laundered through real estate operations in Spain and Morocco.

The head of the network, still on the run, would have, according to Assabah, managed to establish close ties with drug lords residing in Morocco and in certain European countries, and relied on a number of Moroccans residing in Spain, mostly from Tangier and Tétouan, to assist him.