Elements of the judicial police of Tangier and Témara have arrested, during a joint security operation on the basis of precise data provided by the services of the general Directorate of territorial surveillance, eight persons, namely two police officers, a woman and five individuals with criminal records, for their alleged involvement in a case of drug trafficking and marketing.
The national police (DGSN) said Wednesday in a statement that the services of the judicial police of the city of Tangier had arrested, last weekend on board a car, two individuals, including a police officer on sick leave, who were in possession of 2,900 tablets containing psychotropic substances as well as 150 grams of chira and several doses of heroin before apprehending, the same day, the supplier of these drugs.
As part of investigations into this case, the brigades of the judicial police of Témara have begun procedures to arrest a fourth person in the city of Khouribga, which is the subject of several wanted notices at the national level and is suspected of being the main source of this shipment of drugs, as well three individuals in Rabat, for their complicity in the trafficking and distribution of these drugs, said the statement.
The investigations also concerned a police officer working in one of the territorial services in Témara, suspected of complicity in the criminal activity of the main suspect, as well as violation of the duty of professional reserve and the rules of professional secrecy, added the same source.
The eight suspects have been placed in police custody to complete the inquiry conducted under the supervision of the competent prosecutor’s office, in order to clarify the ins and outs of this case, the DGSN said.
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