Spanish Police Rescue Six Moroccan Hostages in Ceuta Human Trafficking Bust

The suspect was located last Thursday in this house where he was holding the five Moroccan migrants, to whom he was demanding the payment of 8,000 euros each to illegally enter Spain, as well as the Moroccan woman he had "kidnapped" and for whom he was demanding a ransom. The agents were on patrol in the area when they saw the woman "knocking on a window to ask for help" from the second floor of a building.

Upon entering the house, the agents found the five Moroccan migrants, including two minors, "locked in a garage" and the woman "handcuffed" on the second floor, according to Europa Press. As for the suspect, he was arrested and brought before the competent judge, who ordered his remand in custody, pending his trial.

A motorcycle, mobile phones and geolocation devices found in the house were seized, as well as 21 kilos of hashish found on the roof of the same building, which had probably been transported there by drones. According to the police, the man would be a member of a migrant and drug trafficking network.