Nador: arrest of the brain of a spectacular escape operation

Police elements, relating to the regional security services of Nador, proceeded this weekend to the arrest of an individual, suspected of being the brain of a spectacular flight operation, during which a sought after man was exfiltrated aboard an ambulance.

This affair was largely relayed on social networks, arousing, for several days, a strong stir.

Citing police sources in its Monday May 5 issue, the daily Assabah explains that the arrest of the suspect, describes as a “professionalDrug trafficking has been made possible thanks to precise information provided by the Directorate General for Territory Surveillance (DGST).

Man would be involved in several crimes, including the possession and distribution of drugs and psychotropic drugs and a deadly traffic accident.

But, the most spectacular affair in which he would be involved is the organized escape of his accomplice from an ambulance, in an operation qualified by the sources ofAssabah of “dangerous and finely orchestrated».

In detail, the publication reports that the defendant directed a network of accomplices and, together, they would have planned, with meticulousness, an intervention during the transfer of one of the their to an ambulance hospital.

The leak would have been filmed by mobile phones, showing the scene where the ambulance is blocked before the fugitive was exfiltrated, under the eyes of medical staff and passers -by, in a blatant demonstration of challenge to the law.

But this operation would ultimately be an episode of a long criminal journey of the suspect arrested this weekend.

It was indeed the subject of several research mandates nationwide, for cases related to drug trafficking, the formation of a criminal network, a fatal accident, as well as the obstacles to the work of rescue teams and public services.

The daily Assabah explains that he was placed in police custody as part of an in -depth judicial inquiry, under the supervision of the competent prosecution.

The objective, according to the same source, is to shed light on this unprecedented escape, and to identify all the potential accomplices of this network, suspected of being active in drug trafficking in the north of the kingdom.

While waiting to know the continuation which will be given to this case, the daily recalls that the intervention of the police forces intervenes in a context where the security services are particularly active in the northern areas of the kingdom.

Reinforced checks have been continuing for a few weeks at various crossing points, notably in Bab Melilia and the port of Beni Ansar.

Several attempts to smuggle goods and drugs have also been thwarted by customs services.

In Bab Melilia, agents have, for example, intercepted a lot of mobile phones for the national market without legal authorization.

Another team at the port, for its part, seized high -end laptops, introduced without declarations.

This same port was also the scene of an attempted drug trafficking, in which a large amount of drugs had been hidden, with care, in a vehicle.

The daily Assabah explains that this operation was aborted, thanks to the vigilance of customs officers, stressing the extent of the efforts made to fight against all forms of smuggling.

Daily sources highlight coordination between the various security forces and customs services, as part of an integrated security approach to the fight against organized crime, particularly in the Eastern and Northern Regions, considered as major transit points for traffickers, and international networks.