Morocco Foils Attempt to Smuggle Drugs, Psychotropic Substances & Seizes 971 Kg of Cocaine

Tangier –  A joint security operation conducted by the National Police and Customs services on Tuesday afternoon at Tanger Med Port foiled an attempt at international drug and psychotropic substance trafficking and resulted in the seizure of a total of 971 kilograms of cocaine.

The cocaine shipments were seized during joint border control operations carried out by National Police and Customs officers, during which cocaine slabs were discovered inside a refrigerated container aboard a vessel flying the flag of a Latin American country, a security source said.

Initial investigations made it possible to identify the route taken by the container carrying the aforementioned cocaine shipments, which had departed from a port in Brazil and was bound for a port in West Africa, the same source added.

A judicial investigation has been opened into the case by the Tangier Prefectural Judicial Police Service, under the supervision of the competent Public Prosecutor’s Office, with a view to determining all the circumstances and details surrounding this criminal operation. Meanwhile, the National Central Bureau (Interpol Rabat), under the General Directorate of National Security (DGSN), has been tasked with initiating international coordination and cooperation efforts to identify the criminal network involved in the operation.