Tanger Med: seizure of more than 155,000 psychotropic tablets hidden in an international transport truck (DGSN)

Tanger Med: seizure of more than 155,000 psychotropic tablets hidden in an international transport truck (DGSN)
Tanger Med: seizure of more than 155,000 psychotropic tablets hidden in an international transport truck (DGSN)

Saturday, November 16, 2024 at 4:56 p.m.

Rabat – National Security elements at the Tanger Med Port foiled, on Saturday morning, an attempt at international drug and psychotropic trafficking and seized 155,703 “ecstasy” type tablets, hidden in an international transport truck coming from ‘a European country, indicates the General Directorate of National Security (DGSN).

According to the first elements of the investigation, border control and search operations, carried out with the participation of the police dog brigade, made it possible to discover this cargo carefully concealed in cavities specially designed in the cabin of the vehicle, specifies the DGSN in a press release, adding that the investigation also made it possible to arrest the driver of the truck and his assistant, both of Moroccan nationality.

The two suspects, aged 41 and 44, were placed in police custody at the disposal of the judicial investigation carried out under the supervision of the competent public prosecutor’s office, in order to confuse all the individuals involved in this case and to unravel its consequences. possible national and international ramifications.

This operation is part of the sustained efforts deployed by the DGSN services to combat international trafficking in drugs and psychotropic drugs, concludes the same source.

Morocco

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