Tangier-Med: Attempt to Traffic 2,295 Psychotropic Pills Foiled, DGSN

Tangier-Med: Attempt to Traffic 2,295 Psychotropic Pills Foiled, DGSN
Friday 19 June 2020 - 00:16

Members of the national police operating at the Tangier-Med port foiled, on Thursday evening, on the basis of precise information provided by the Directorate General of Territorial Surveillance (DGST), an attempt to traffic 2,295 psychotropic pills on board a truck registered in Morocco, driven by a Moroccan citizen aged 43.

The search operations carried out as part of this case led to the seizure of psychotropic pills, carefully hidden inside the truck, which was on board a ship from Spain to Morocco, said a press release from the National Police (DGSN).

The suspect was remanded in police custody for the investigation carried out under the supervision of the competent public prosecutor’s office, with a view to determining the origin and destination of the seized drug, as well as the identity of the accomplices involved in this trafficking, added the same source.

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