Bab Ceuta… Customs seizes 77 thousand euros in a currency smuggling operation

Heba Press

Today, Monday, customs authorities seized a significant amount of hard currency (euros) that was in the possession of a Moroccan immigrant residing in Spain on her way to the other side.

Our sources at the “Bab Ceuta” border post confirmed that this operation is part of a continuous and continuous surveillance of the smuggling of hard currency abroad and vice versa without declaration or following the customs procedures applicable in such cases, since any person coming from outside the country must declare upon arrival at the air, land or sea border posts, the total amount of money he has, and in the event that this procedure is not respected, the customs authorities always have full authority to seize it, while providing legal sanctions through injunctive fines to recover it in accordance with what is stipulated in the Customs Code, the same applies in the opposite direction, documents from the exchange office are required proving the legality of the exchange and the taxes paid on it. for the benefit of the Public Treasury.
Morocco is considered one of the most important countries whose hard currency is extracted in a sneaky way, and several Spanish media have repeatedly alerted about this phenomenon, the most important of which is when they concluded the results of the rise in real estate in Spain, more precisely in the south, since it is the coastal point closest to Morocco, and linked the matter to the rush and desire of Moroccans to own real estate, pointing at the same time to the illegal and illicit smuggling of currencies.