This article was automatically translated from HIBAPRESS, the Arabic version:
Hibapress
Elements of the regional security police of the city of Al Hoceima apprehended, Thursday in coordination with the services of the Directorate General of Territory Surveillance (DGST), an individual suspected of being part of a criminal network which activates in the organization of irregular immigration operations and the trafficking of human beings.
The 43 -year -old suspect was arrested in the act of preparing an irregular immigration operation to Europe, by sea, for the benefit of eight clandestine immigration candidates, indicates a security source, adding that the searches allowed the seizure of a fishing boat, two marine engines and a sum of money suspected of being the booty of this criminal activity.
The defendant’s scoring operation in the national security database revealed that the main defendant is the subject of a national level of research, issued by the services of the Royal Gendarmerie of Al Hoceima , for its presumed involvement in a similar case linked to the organization of irregular immigration operations and the trafficking of human beings, it is said.
The respondent was placed in police custody while candidates for illegal immigration were submitted to the judicial inquiry carried out under the supervision of the competent prosecution to determine the ins and outs of this case, underlines the same source , adding that investigations are still underway for the arrest of other people involved in these criminal acts.
