sunday, june 28, 2020 at 21:35
Laâyoune-The seizure on Saturday of approximately 5.8 tonnes of chira by the prefectural service of the judicial police of Laâyoune is part of the relentless fight against international trafficking in drugs and psychotropic substances.
The Laayoune prefect of police, Mr. Hassan Abou Dahab, explained that this operation, which also resulted in the arrest of 14 individuals including a Mauritanian and a Senegalese, is part of “the global security strategy with a proactive dimension adopted by the Directorate General of National Security (DGSN) and the Directorate General of Territorial Surveillance (DGST) with a view to monitoring and combating transnational organized crime, in particular that linked to the international traffic in narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances ”.
These include blocking the way for these criminal networks which have international ramifications and which operate simultaneously in the field of illegal immigration and human trafficking, he added in an interview with the MAP. .
The police chief of Laâyoune noted that this kind of qualitative operations is the fruit of the efforts deployed by the DGSN in order to combat all forms of organized crime, international trafficking in narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances, as well as branching links. of these criminal networks.
He also highlighted the essential and effective role played by the central services of the DGSN in supporting and guiding the action carried out by the various decentralized services, in permanent and continuous coordination with the services of the DGST. .
The objective, he continued, is to further strengthen the fight against criminal phenomena with an international dimension, in particular the international traffic in drugs and psychotropic substances and illegal immigration.
The operation of Laâyoune is similar to a series of operations carried out by the security services in the cities of Tangier, Oujda, Nador, Fez, Agadir, Casablanca, as well as in other cities and regions of the Kingdom, a he continued.
Mr. Abou Dahab also recalled that the security services of the Laayoune police prefecture have succeeded, through a series of qualifying operations, in dismantling several criminal networks active in the international traffic in narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances.
In the past few months, 33 cases have been registered within the territorial jurisdiction of the prefecture which extends from Sidi Ifni to El Guergarate and 111 suspects have been arrested, in addition to the seizure of approximately 45.44 tonnes of chira, he said.
In addition, there are 4 Kalashnikovs, 139 bullets, 9 shotguns and 250 cartridges, 33 cars, two trucks, 7 motorcycles, 18 inflatable boats and 15 marine engines, in addition to an amount estimated at 428,293 dirhams, a- he listed.
Saturday, the prefectural police department of Laâyoune proceeded, in coordination with the elements of the Royal Gendarmerie and on the basis of precise information provided by the services of the DGSN and the DGST, to the arrest of fourteen individuals, including a Mauritanian and a Senegalese, suspected of links with a criminal network active in the international drug and psychotropic trafficking and possession of firearms.
The searches and searches carried out in a Saharan area about 30 km from Laâyoune, in the direction of Smara, led to the seizure of a Kalashnikov, 66 bullets, a hunting rifle and 114 cartridges, in addition to 216 platelets of drugs a total weight of around 5.8 tonnes of chira.
The search and raking operations also made it possible to discover in the suspects cold weapons of various calibers, a tear gas canister, a pair of binoculars, two satellite telephones, a geolocation device, a false license plate and three 4 × 4 vehicles, in addition to sums of money in national and international currencies suspected of coming from international drug trafficking.
The suspects were subjected to a preliminary investigation under the supervision of the competent public prosecutor’s office in order to elucidate the ins and outs of this criminal case and to determine the level of involvement of each of them as well as the possible ramifications of this network. criminal at national and regional levels.
This case is part of the ongoing security operations carried out jointly by the national security services and the DGST to combat drug and psychotropic trafficking and cross-border crime in all its forms.
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