While undergoing training at the mobile barracks of the Royal Gendarmerie of Nouaceur to become a post commander, a gendarmerie sergeant was arrested for his alleged involvement in an international drug trafficking network.
The elements of the National Gendarmerie Intervention Group (GIGN), assisted by gendarmes from Orléans and Eure-et-Loir, intercepted, on March 10, two cars (a "scout" and a "carrier") transporting 558.4 kilos of Moroccan cannabis resin on the A10 at the level of Châtellerault.
The Civil Guard arrested in Murcia the Moroccan, suspected murderer of another Moroccan whom he stabbed with a knife during a fight in which a third compatriot also took part. A drug and debt case would be at the origin of this violent brawl between the three Moroccans.
The Spanish Civil Guard has dismantled in Murcia an international network specialized in the trafficking of Moroccan hashish and migrant trafficking. In total, nearly 3,000 kilos of the drug were seized and four people were arrested.
National police and Mossos d’Esquadra agents dismantled a criminal group specialized in the manufacture of counterfeit 50 and 20 euro banknotes. Fourteen people, including Moroccans, were arrested in this operation coordinated by Europol.
The International Narcotics Control Board (INCB), a United Nations body, has commended Morocco’s efforts in the fight against drug trafficking and money laundering.
Royal Navy coastguards succeeded in aborting a drug trafficking operation east of Al Hoceima on Friday. Several seizures were made.
In Kenitra, drug traffickers have found a new trick to launder dirty money. They take possession of hundreds of hectares and invest in avocado cultivation.
Qualid Sekkaki has just joined his brother Ashraf Sekkaki, imprisoned in Morocco for a firm prison sentence of twelve years. Extradited by Belgium, he has been in Morocco since last Friday.
The Malaga court has convicted eight people, including three civil guards, as members of a criminal network specializing in drug trafficking from Morocco.
About 6.5 tons of cannabis resin, nearly 7 tons of flavored tobacco (maassel), 110,806 packs of cigarettes, about 58 kg of ground tobacco and 193 psychotropic tablets were destroyed at the controlled landfill of Al Argoub (province of Oued Eddahab).
Two individuals were arrested by the judicial police brigade of the Nador security district for their alleged links to an international drug trafficking network.