The elements of the judicial police of Casablanca have succeeded in dismantling an international network of diamond and other high-value jewelry trafficking active in Morocco, Egypt and Gulf countries. The victim, a Brazilian, from whom more than 60 million dirhams in jewelry were stolen. The mastermind of the gang was arrested while the other members are still on the run.
Meryem, a 56-year-old Moroccan, incarcerated at the Fontcalent prison (Alicante) since July for drug trafficking, died on August 14 from a heart attack. She had requested provisional release for health reasons, which the judge had rejected.
Two Moroccans, pursued by the Civil Guard for drug trafficking, were arrested on the Saladillo beach in Estepona by two off-duty national police officers.
The Civil Guard, thanks to strong citizen collaboration, proceeded to arrest two men, suspected drug traffickers, in Granada. In total, more than 700 kilos of Moroccan hashish were seized.
Twelve individuals, including Moroccans, members of a drug trafficking network, have been sentenced by the Court of First Instance in Liège.
At Dole-Jura Airport in Tavaux, customs officers are hunting for illegal tobacco from Morocco. Already 34 cartons (mostly red Marlboro) seized.
In Montpellier, investigators from the Anti-Drug and Underground Economy Unit dismantled a drug and Spanish brand cigarette trafficking network within the "Rien sans rien" grocery store in the Saint-Paul shopping mall in La Paillade. In total, four people including three brothers from the same family were arrested, one suspect is on the run in Morocco .
The customs of Clermont-Ferrand are involved in the fight against drug trafficking in the Puy-de-Dôme, a transit department for Moroccan cannabis as well as other drugs. In total, 380 kilos of drugs seized since the beginning of the year.
The National Police and the Civil Guard have recently dismantled two organizations specializing in drug trafficking and allegedly linked to Abdellah El Haj, better known as the "Messi of hashish", and another drug trafficker from the "Charlines clan".
The Civil Guard dismantled on Saturday a major Moroccan hashish trafficking network on the east coast of Malaga. In total, 26 people were arrested and 3,362 kilos of hashish seized during the operation.
A 54-year-old man was arrested by the elements of the National Security and Customs operating at the Tanger-Med Port . He would be involved in a criminal network active in the international drug and psychotropic trafficking.
Based on information provided by the Directorate General of Territorial Surveillance (DGST), a gendarme, suspected of being the head of a cocaine trafficking network, and his accomplice were arrested on July 13 after a long car chase with elements of the judicial police from the regional security of Kénitra .