The Minister of the Interior, Abdelouafi Laftit, and his collaborators, are waging a relentless fight against ecstasy, in order to dry up the sources of drug trafficking at the border posts of Ceuta and Melilla, and along the borders of the Oriental region.
While the Moroccan and Spanish Interior Ministers, Abdelouafi Laftit and Fernando Marlaska, were pleased with their excellent relationship during their meeting in Rabat, the media in the Spanish enclave of Ceuta are outraged at the latter for not having mentioned the anarchic situation at the border crossing.
An operation, jointly carried out by the national security and customs, made it possible to seize a cargo of 343 kilograms of chira. It was on Monday afternoon, at the Bab Sebta crossing point, that these security forces thus thwarted the drug trafficking attempt. It involves a French national.
The security system put in place by Europe and Morocco to track down migrants is bearing fruit. Those hoping to reach Europe from Morocco now prefer to hide, faced with waves of arrests regularly denounced by NGOs.
The "mule women", now relieved of their burdens, are twiddling their thumbs, waiting to find another alternative to their precarious social situation, impacted by the closure of the border crossing dedicated to porters between Morocco and the enclave of Ceuta.
Since Wednesday, January 29, construction materials from Morocco are subject to control at the Ceuta border crossing. This is the decision made by the government of the autonomous city.
Between 1,500 and 2,000 travel document holders demonstrated on Monday morning in Ceuta, in front of a Moroccan government delegation.
The presidents of Ceuta and Melilla have invited the Moroccan government to reopen the borders giving access to the enclaves, at the risk of suffocating and isolating their economy.
About 200 cars out of more than a thousand dedicated to porterage belong "to security agents and customs". This is revealed by the report of the Parliamentary Commission on the "persistence of smuggling" at Bab Ceuta . Another important information is that a new police hierarchy is now responsible for control at this border post.
Some 400 sub-Saharan illegal immigrants attempted, this Sunday, a collective assault on the city of Ceuta, via the border post of Belyounech, before being repelled by the Moroccan public forces.
In Ceuta ( Sebta ), the government is in dire straits. During the governors’ council held on Friday, the "extreme gravity" of the city caused by the suffocation provoked by Morocco was evaluated. Juan Vivas has expressly called on the Spanish central government for help to deal with the situation, through a "determined, energetic and immediate" action.
The measures put in place to fight smuggling in Sebta and Melilla are a boon for operators specialized in the distribution of consumer products. But we will have to remain vigilant, because part of the traffic has shifted to new circuits.