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• Drug Trafficking Brothers Appeal Heavy Sentences in Dreux Case
  8 July 2019, by Bladi.net

  While they have been sentenced to heavy sentences for drug trafficking, the two Ferman brothers appealed, last Friday, July 5, before the Specialized Inter-Regional Court (JIRS) of Rennes, bringing new evidence to the hearing to prove their innocence.
  Originally from Dreux, Nordine and Redwan Ferman are well-known drug dealers to the justice system. Their last conviction dates back to September 2018.
  The elder, Nordine, 38, who was on parole at the time, still does not admit the facts (…)

• Belgian Man Arrested at Spanish Border for Illegal Firearms and Currency Smuggling
  9 July 2019, by Bladi.net

  A Belgian national was brought before the Court of Appeal on Sunday, July 7, 2019, for possession of firearms, ammunition and for trafficking a sum of money in foreign currency abroad.
  The defendant, aged 59, arrested on July 4, 2019, was preparing to join Spain on board a vehicle registered abroad via the Bab Sebta crossing point, reports the MAP, citing a statement from the General Directorate of National Security (DGSN).
  A firearm containing five cartridges, as well as a sum of (…)

• Morocco Tightens Border Controls to Curb Currency Smuggling
  14 July 2019, by Said

  The increase in the arrest of people with large sums of foreign currency at the Tanger-Med and Sebta borders has alerted the authorities, who have just strengthened the controls.
  To this end, a circular has just been sent to all agents of the Customs and Indirect Taxes Administration (ADII), reports the newspaper Al Massae, calling on them to be more vigilant during border controls.
  The newspaper recalls that several people have been arrested in recent weeks at Tanger-Med with large (…)

• Customs Raid Uncovers Counterfeit Gold Jewelry in Casablanca Market
  17 July 2019, by Bladi.net

  In Casablanca, adulterated gold is invading the market. This is the alarming finding made by the Customs services, during a raid on jewelry stores (the kissariats of Derb Soltane), in the Prefecture of Al Fida Mers Sultan, to challenge smuggling.
  There would be large quantities of adulterated gold in a jewelry store in El Menjra, on the Al Fida boulevard, in the Prefecture of the Al Fida Mers Sultan districts, in Casablanca, reports the daily Assabah, quoted by Le360. Indeed, smuggling (…)

• French Police Bust Highway Drug Smuggling Operation, Seize 6.5 kg Cannabis
  24 September 2020, by Sylvanus

  The police had managed to arrest the two suspects, who were used to bringing cannabis resin from Spain to the Haute-Savoie region on a highway rest area in the Ain, reports Le Dauphiné Libéré. The two drug traffickers were traveling in an Opel Zafira. Their vehicle was transported to the Bardonnex border.
  During the dismantling of the vehicle, carried out with the technical support of the Swiss Border Guard Corps, the police discovered 6.5 kilograms of cannabis resin carefully packaged, (…)

• Spanish Authorities Uncover Submarine Drug Smuggling Ring off Moroccan Coast
  24 September 2020, by Kamal

  Like the South American mafias, a new network of drug traffickers, led by a Moroccan and financed by Colombian drug cartels, has emerged on the Moroccan-Spanish coast, reports the newspaper Assabah.
  Using submarines, the traffickers smuggle tons of cocaine to Spain from wild beaches in Mauritania. And it seems the drug barons are no strangers to these dives.
  Before the health crisis, adds the same source, the Spanish authorities had intercepted a 30-meter-long submarine off the coast of (…)

• Moroccan Man Arrested for Forging Documents in Schengen Visa Application to Italy
  23 July 2019, by Kamal

  For having filed an application for a Schengen visa with forged documents, an individual from Benslimane was taken into custody by the Public Prosecutor’s Office near the Court of Appeal of Casablanca. The Italian Consulate General in Morocco had filed a complaint with the Moroccan authorities.
  The defendant had filed an application for a Schengen visa with the Italian Consulate. However, all the constituent documents were forged, in particular the bank statements, the work and salary (…)

• Moroccan Drug Baron Arrested in Marbella’s Luxury Port, Faces Extradition
  26 July 2019, by Bladi.net

  Spanish National Police agents arrested a fugitive of Moroccan nationality in the province of Malaga, in Marbella, Spain, on Monday, July 22. The individual, who was the subject of an international arrest warrant issued against him by the Moroccan authorities, is already being claimed by the Kingdom of Morocco.
  According to the press release from the Spanish National Police, the fugitive in question was located and arrested on Ramon Areces Street, in the very jet set "Puerto Banus". (…)

• Counterfeit Cash Washes Ashore Near Agadir, Morocco Prompting Police Investigation
  29 July 2019, by Kamal

  On Saturday, July 27, 2019, the waters of the Aghroud beach, 30 km north of Agadir, washed up 3 handbags full of banknotes. Hundreds of 100 and 200 dirham bills scattered on the beach alerted the security services during a patrol around the beach.
  The incident prompted the arrival of the city authorities, who requested the intervention of the Scientific Police elements. The Regional Commander of the Royal Gendarmerie, the auxiliary forces, as well as other security agencies were (…)

• Spanish Truck Driver Arrested in Morocco with 513 kg of Hashish
  27 September 2020, by Ginette

  In a statement, the General Directorate of National Security (DGSN) indicates that this quantity of drugs was on board an international transport truck with Spanish registration plates. A thorough search of the truck using sniffer dogs led to the discovery of 513 kg of chira hidden in cavities inside the trailer. The security forces also arrested the 47-year-old Spanish driver.
  A preliminary investigation has been opened to determine all the gray areas surrounding this international drug (…)