Marrakech airport security arrest Brazilian couple over cocaine smuggling

Marrakech airport security arrest Brazilian couple over cocaine smuggling
Monday 24 April 2023 - 16:20

Police at the Marrakesh-Menara International Airport managed on Sunday to arrest a Brazilian traveling couple aged 26 and 29, suspected of being involved in international cocaine smuggling.

Hespress AR sources indicated that the suspects were arrested while they were arriving on a flight from a European airport, where the security monitoring process showed that they might have smuggled quantities of cocaine in their intestines. And that was before they were transferred to the wing of the air station, where a total of 100 capsules containing one kilogram and 260 grams of cocaine were extracted.

The same sources added that the two suspects were kept under theoretical guard at the sign of the research, which is being conducted by the state interest of the judicial police under the supervision of the competent Public Prosecution; To detect possible extensions of this criminal activity.

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