Morocco arrests foreigner wanted in Germany for drug trafficking

Morocco’s police arrested, on Sunday at Tangier Ibn Batouta Airport, a foreign national, subject of an international arrest warrant issued by German judicial authorities, for alleged international drug trafficking.

 

The suspect, aged 27, was arrested immediately after arriving onboard a flight from Istanbul airport in Turkey, a security source said. The suspect was the subject of a red notice issued at by German judicial authorities for his alleged involvement in a criminal gang trafficking cocaine, heroin, cannabis resin, and psychotropic drugs between Germany and the Netherlands.

 

The individual was placed in police custody pending the notification of German authorities of his arrest and completion of the extradition procedure.

 

In Mid-December, Police officers at the Casablanca Mohammed V international airport arrested a sub-Saharan man who was subject of an international arrest warrant issued by French judicial authorities, for alleged links with a criminal network active in the manipulation of automated data processing systems, fraud, and money laundering.

The 32-year-old suspect was immediately arrested after landing from a flight coming from Dakar. A checking of the database of the International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) revealed that he was on red notice, issued at the request of the French judicial authorities.

The arrest of these suspects is part of international cooperation in security matters and the efforts made by the Moroccan security services to arrest people wanted internationally in cross-border crime cases.