Elements of the Royal Gendarmerie at the Telmizoun territorial center managed, last night, coinciding with the New Year, to thwart a clandestine migration operation that was in the process of being organized from the coasts of Tan-Tan towards the Spanish islands.
Based on the data available to Hespress newspaper, this qualitative operation carried out by gendarmerie elements belonging to the territorial centers in Telmizoun and the judicial center in Tan-Tan, supported by the rapid intervention team, under the supervision of the regional commander of the Royal Gendarmerie in Tan-Tan, enabled the seizure of a four-wheel-drive vehicle, two rubber boats, two engines, and equipment intended for illegal migration, in addition to a hunting weapon with ammunition.
This proactive intervention also resulted in the arrest of the vehicle's driver and placing him under police custody, on the instructions of the competent Public Prosecution, for the benefit of the investigation conducted by the judicial police to identify the rest of his alleged accomplices.
This operation comes within the framework of the combing campaigns through which the various gendarmerie centers in the Guelmim-Oued Noun region aim to combat clandestine migration gangs, which try to carry out their prohibited activities by exploiting the vastness of the aforementioned coastline.
It is worth noting that the vigilance of the Gendarmerie services, in coordination with the various concerned authorities, enabled the thwarting, throughout the year 2024, of dozens of migration attempts and the arrest of thousands of candidates, most of them from sub-Saharan African countries.
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