The judicial police of Agadir arrested, Friday evening, on the basis of precise information provided by the General Directorate of Territorial Surveillance, six individuals for their alleged links with a criminal network involved in an attempt to smuggle two tonnes and 890 kilograms (kg) of Chira on board two freight trucks.
The National Police (DGSN) said on Saturday in a statement that this security operation resulted in the interception of two trucks and a car near the “Sidi Bibi” area and the city of Aït Melloul, in addition to the arrest of six individuals aged between 28 and 50, including three repeat offenders, for their alleged involvement in this case.
Searches carried out inside the two trucks resulted in the seizure of 114 bales weighing two tons and 890 kg of drugs, carefully packed as waste of agricultural products, as well as cell phones and knives, the statement said.
The suspects were remanded in police custody for the investigation carried out under the supervision of the competent public prosecutor’s office, in order to identify all the people involved in this case and to determine the possible ramifications of the network nationally and internationally, added the same source.
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