Drug promotion leads to the arrest of 5 people in Agadir

Following precise information provided by the services of the General Directorate of National Territorial Surveillance, elements of the Provincial Judicial Police Service of the city of Agadir succeeded, yesterday evening, Tuesday April 23, in arresting five individuals aged between 26 and 54, including a woman and a person with a criminal record, suspected of possession and trafficking of four kilograms and 270 grams of cocaine and 32 kilograms of cannabis.

Three of the suspects were arrested during a security operation carried out in the “Tiqouine” region, on the outskirts of Agadir, where a search led to the seizure of two kilograms of cocaine, as well as a suspected large sum of money. to be the result of this criminal activity.

Continuing the investigation into this case, their main supplier of these illicit substances was arrested in flagrante delicto in possession of two additional kilograms of cocaine, before the investigative and search measures carried out at his home in Aït Melloul led to the The arrest of the fifth suspect and the seizure of additional doses of the same drug weighing 270 grams, as well as 32 kilograms of cannabis, a series of electronic scales and mobile phones.

Analysis of the suspects’ files in the national security database revealed that one of them was the subject of a national search warrant, suspected of being involved in drug trafficking cases. drug.

Four of the suspects were taken into police custody pending the outcome of the judicial investigation carried out under the supervision of the competent public prosecutor’s office, while the main supplier was kept under medical supervision in hospital due to knee injuries during his attempted escape by car, in order to research all possible ramifications and connections of this criminal activity, as well as to reveal all criminal actions attributed to the individuals involved.