This article was automatically translated from HIBAPRESS, the Arabic version:
Hibapress
The elements of the prefectural service of the Casablanca judicial police arrested on Friday a French national of Algerian origin being the subject of an international arrest warrant issued by the French judicial authorities for its presumed involvement in an active criminal network In international drug trafficking and money laundering, we learned from a security source.
The 42 -year -old computement was arrested during a security operation in the city of Casablanca, indicates the same source, adding that the database of the International Criminal Police Database (Interpol) revealed that the individual is sought at the international level, under a red notice emitted by the National Central Office in Paris.
According to the first elements of the investigation, the French citizen arrested is sought by French justice for his alleged involvement, between 2019 and 2024, in a criminal network acting in international drug trafficking, continues the source, making it known that ‘He is also suspected of having turned back funds from this criminal activity.
The individual was placed in police custody pending the extradition procedure, in parallel with the notification of the French authorities of his arrest, in order to send the extradition file, it is added.
This arrest is part of international security cooperation and reflects the efforts made by Moroccan security services in the pursuit of people wanted internationally for cross -border crimes.
