Morocco: 81 people charged for European drug smuggling

Morocco: 81 people charged for European drug smuggling


A Moroccan prosecutor has charged a record 81 people, several of them security officials, over massive drug smuggling to Belgium, the Netherlands and Spain, an official said Thursday.


"Between Wednesday and Thursday a total of 81 people including members of the gendarmerie, the auxiliary forces and the royal marines were presented before a pre-trial judge after being charged by a Casablanca court prosecutor," a justice official said.


He added that it was the largest number of people ever to be charged with such an offence in Morocco.


Police earlier this month broke up a major international network operating out of the north of the country, which was trafficking drugs to Belgium and the Netherlands via Spain.


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Source: Middle East Online (English)

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