An important member of the Mocro Maffia arrested in Paris for drug trafficking

An important member of the criminal organization of Moroccan origin Mocro Maffia was arrested Tuesday October 8 in Paris leaving a restaurant, according to information from the gendarmerie, confirming an article from the Parisian. The man, of Moroccan nationality, aged around thirty, according to a source close to the case, was the subject of a European arrest warrant issued by the Netherlands. He was arrested by the GIGN, the elite gendarme unit, which was supporting investigators from the Paris research section, added the gendarmerie.

It was 3 p.m. when he was arrested leaving a restaurant in the 18th arrondissement of Paris, without incident, the same source said. Considered by investigators as one of the main targets of the Mocro Maffia, he was wanted in particular for drug trafficking and production of synthetic drugs. He will be presented to a magistrate who should notify him, according to a source close to the case, of his extradition to the Netherlands.

The Mocro Maffia is a criminal organization of Moroccan origin based in the Netherlands, whose main activity, cocaine trafficking, is accompanied by arms trafficking and bloody score-settling.