A total of 117 migrants heading for the Canary Islands have been arrested in recent days in the provinces of Tarfaya and Laayoune, according to local authorities.
In the province of Tarfaya, an operation carried out on Saturday, 28 km south of the town of Akhfenir, led to the arrest of 18 candidates, including 8 women, and the seizure of an inflatable boat and 7 barrels of gasoline.
The day before, local authorities and security services arrested, at an apartment in Laayoune, 7 migrants who were waiting to cross to the Canary Islands.
Inner tubes were seized during this operation.
Also in the city of Laayoune, 55 migration candidates were arrested on Thursday.
On Wednesday, a security operation in Laayoune led to the arrest of 35 candidates and the seizure of inner tubes and life jackets.
On the same day, security services thwarted an illegal immigration attempt to the locality of Tachmatach in the northern city of El Marsa.
The operation led to the arrest of 2 candidates and the seizure of an inflatable boat in addition to 6 barrels of gasoline.
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