During a joint security operation between Marrakech and Safi, the trafficking of 9 tonnes of drugs was foiled

This article was automatically translated from HIBAPRESS, the Arabic version:
This article was automatically translated from HIBAPRESS, the Arabic version:
Heba Press
Yesterday evening, Tuesday January 21, the police officers of the security wilaya of Marrakech, in coordination with their counterparts in the city of Safi, and on the basis of precise information provided by the services of the General Directorate of Territorial Surveillance, were able to foil an assassination attempt. to smuggle nine tons and 800 kilograms of the drug Shera, and arrested six people, aged between… 29 and 59 years old, suspected of being linked to a criminal network active in the international trafficking of narcotics and psychotropic substances.
This security operation was carried out in the rural area of “Dahr” under the direction of Cosmet Emintanot, and it allowed the arrest of suspects, including Aoun of the authority and a former collective elected official, while they were preparing to carry out an international drug trafficking operation by sea. The arrest and inspection operation resulted in the seizure of 9 tons and 800 kilograms of Shera, distributed in several locations. In addition to the seized drug shipment, the inspections led to the seizure of a utility vehicle with false license plates, an inflatable boat and a marine engine.
The suspects were the subject of a judicial investigation, carried out under the supervision of the competent public prosecutor, in order to identify the remaining possible extensions of this criminal activity, as well as to arrest other participants and contributors to the commission of these activities. criminal acts.
This specific operation is part of concerted and ongoing efforts between the interests of national security and national territorial control, with the aim of combating and dismantling transnational criminal networks in general, and those active in international trafficking drugs and psychotropic substances in particular.