Ashtouka: Quantities of “fake tahmira” seized in secret factory

A. Latif Baraka: Heba Press

The Royal Gendarmerie of the Chtouka Ait Baha province was able to seize significant quantities of “fake tamarind” food coloring in a secret factory in the Sidi Bibi area.

The security operation, which involved several police officers from the region, resulted in the arrest of four people, including the owner of the secret factory, which prepared the “tamira” powder in the traditional way and used dangerous chemicals in conditions that would pose a serious threat to the health of consumers.

In this context, informed sources reported that more than six tons of unhealthy food colorings were seized, produced by mixing flour, oil and chemical dyes in a primitive and unhealthy manner, as they are mixed on the floor of the aforementioned factory.

The same sources add that the gendarmerie services were able to seize a truck used to distribute “tamira” powder, packaged in 10-kilogram bags using a modern sewing machine and a fake stamp belonging to one of the best-known cooperatives in this region. field in Beni Mellal. This is in addition to a luxury car and other tools related to this activity.

In addition, the detainees were subjected to theoretical custody measures in order to complete the research under the supervision of the competent public prosecutor in order to discover the conditions and circumstances of this dangerous criminal activity. While research and investigations are still underway to arrest the rest of the people involved in this health crime.