Morocco has become a hub, a transit zone for Latin American cocaine destined for Europe. This is indicated in a report by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime.
A repeat offender was arrested on Sunday by elements of the National Brigade of the Judicial Police (BNPJ). According to information provided by the Directorate General of Territorial Surveillance (DGST), the 37-year-old man would be linked to a criminal network active in the international cannabis resin trafficking.
Two Spanish police officers were seriously injured on Saturday morning during the arrest of drug traffickers in Algeciras.
The Gibraltar border police arrested a Belgian drug trafficker who also holds Moroccan nationality. The 53-year-old man was the subject of an international arrest warrant issued by Morocco.
A man was arrested on Monday by the services of the Prefecture of Police of Tanger , for his alleged involvement in a case of usurpation of function and drug trafficking.
In Morocco, passenger traffic has fallen sharply in the first half of this year, down 57.5% compared to the same period in 2019 due to the health crisis related to Covid-19.
Two individuals aged 20 and 34 were arrested by the judicial police elements of Laâyoune. They would be involved in a case of drug and psychotropic trafficking and possession of a firearm.
In Belgium, a young Moroccan suspected of drug trafficking was released after claiming he was a minor. However, bone tests prove that he is an adult.
Two police officers and three employees of the FRS transport company have been indicted for complicity in the export of cannabis by an organized gang. The investigation is being conducted by the narcotics brigade in Tanger .
Spanish police elements proceeded, on Friday in the Strait of Gibraltar, to the arrest of a Moroccan and two Belgians who would be involved in an attempted kidnapping and a shooting. These suspects would belong to a drug trafficking organization.
A unit of the royal maritime gendarmerie, on patrol on the El Mersa beach near Ksar Sghir , succeeded on Tuesday in foiling an attempt to traffic more than 90 kilos of cannabis.
A man left with his son, Zakaria , aged 3, for an unknown destination, leaving the child’s mother fearing she may never see him again.