Moroccan customs thwart foreign currency smuggling operation

Moroccan customs thwart foreign currency smuggling operation
Hespress
Friday 24 June 2022 - 23:58

Moroccan customs in the Tangier-Mediterranean port thwarted a foreign currency smuggling operation.

An informed source told Hespress that the seized amount was around 84,950 euros, which was seized on board a utility car numbered in Italy, owned by a Moroccan citizen residing abroad.

The individual stated that he possessed only 25,000 euros, but a manual search of the utility vehicle resulted in the discovery of an additional unauthorized foreign currency amounting to 84,950 euros carefully hidden inside a backpack, added the same source.

The suspected was referred to the judicial police in the port of Tangiers-Med, under the supervision of the competent Public Prosecution, in order to deepen the investigation.

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