Spanish media reports have disavowed any connection to the Civil Guard member arrested by Moroccan authorities at the Beni Ansar border crossing. The arrest stemmed from an attempt to smuggle a large quantity of hashish into the occupied city of Melilla. These reports claim the individual was impersonating a Civil Guard officer.
The newspaper “elfarodeceuta” clarified that the person arrested by Morocco, who was initially identified as a Spanish security officer, “was dismissed from the Civil Guard twenty years ago but continued to claim to be a member of the force using forged documents.” Quoting the EFE news agency, the newspaper stated that the man arrested early Saturday at the Beni Ansar crossing, with 30 kilograms of hashish in his possession, was no longer affiliated with the security force but continued to use a fake ID card. The source mentioned that the individual was expelled from the Civil Guard two decades ago due to several crimes but continued to impersonate an officer using a forged card, making his initial arrest by Moroccan authorities appear as though he was an active security member. The source, which did not provide any supporting documentation for its claims, added that the Civil Guard in occupied Melilla revealed details of the case, highlighting that despite his dismissal, the individual continued to tarnish the image of the force through impersonation. The source claimed that the card he used was revealed to be “forged” and poorly made; the photo did not show him in uniform, but rather wearing a simple shirt with the abbreviation of an intervention unit printed on it. He had also forged the signature of the Civil Guard’s director-general. Moroccan authorities arrested the man and his wife while attempting to smuggle approximately 30 kilograms of hashish carefully hidden in a car with Spanish license plates into the occupied city of Melilla.
