The police forces of the Marrakech prefecture, in coordination with their counterparts in the city of Safi, and based on precise information provided by the services of the General Directorate for Territorial Surveillance (DGST), succeeded, last Tuesday evening, in thwarting an attempt to traffic nine tonnes and 800 kilograms of cannabis resin ("chira") and arresting six individuals, aged 29 to 59, suspected of belonging to a criminal network active in the international trafficking of drugs and psychotropic substances.
According to a security source, this operation, carried out in the rural region of "Dahr", under the authority of Imintanout, made it possible to arrest the suspects, among whom are an auxiliary of authority and a former communal councilor, as they were preparing to organize an international drug trafficking operation by sea. The searches led to the seizure of 9 tonnes and 800 kilograms of cannabis resin, distributed across several sites.
In addition to the seized drug cargo, the same source indicates that âthe searches made it possible to confiscate a utility vehicle with falsified license plates, an inflatable boat, and a marine engineâ.
The same source specified that âthe suspects have been placed in police custody as part of the judicial investigation conducted under the supervision of the competent public prosecutor's office, in order to determine the potential ramifications of this criminal activity and to identify and apprehend the other accomplices involved in these criminal actsâ.
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