HIBAPRESS – El Jadida
Elements of the National Judicial Police Brigade, based on accurate information provided by the General Directorate for National Security, managed late last Tuesday evening, September 22nd, to foil an attempt to smuggle four tons and 631 kilograms of hashish, and arrested a person suspected of links to a criminal network active in the international trafficking of drugs and psychotropic substances.
The suspect was apprehended while attempting to flee in a rural area on the outskirts of El Jadida, in the midst of his participation in an international drug smuggling operation, using a utility vehicle loaded with 118 bales of hashish, with a total weight of four tons and 631 kilograms.
This qualitative security operation was carried out in coordination with the Royal Gendarmerie, utilizing significant human and logistical resources, in addition to deploying canine units and drones for search and sweeping operations.
The suspect has been placed under police custody for further judicial investigation under the supervision of the competent public prosecution, in order to identify any further potential ramifications of this criminal activity and to apprehend other participants and contributors to these criminal acts.
This security operation falls within the context of the intensive and continuous operations undertaken by the Directorate General for National Security and the General Directorate for National Territorial Surveillance, aimed at combating international drug and psychotropic substance trafficking networks.
