Morocco arrests foreign national for international drug trafficking

Morocco arrests foreign national for international drug trafficking
Monday 25 December 2023 - 00:20

Morocco’s police arrested, on Sunday at Tangier Ibn Batouta Airport, a foreign national, subject of an international arrest warrant issued by German judicial authorities, for alleged international drug trafficking.

The suspect, aged 27, was arrested immediately after arriving onboard a flight from Istanbul airport in Turkey, a security source said, adding that he was the subject of a red notice issued at by German judicial authorities for his alleged involvement in a criminal gang trafficking cocaine, heroin, cannabis resin and psychotropic drugs between Germany and the Netherlands.

The individual was placed in police custody pending the extradition procedure, in parallel with the notification of the German authorities of his arrest, to send the extradition file, the same source pointed out.

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