2023-04-20 21:36:08
According to preliminary data from the investigation, a joint operation carried out between Security and Customs at the Tanger Med port resulted in the seizure of a refrigerated maritime container coming from Ecuador and bound for Spain, suspected of be used to hide a large quantity of cocaine among a shipment of fish, indicates the same source.
Inspection procedures resulted in the seizure of cocaine shipments carefully wrapped in tuna entrails, it added, adding that the process of extracting this shipment is still underway before submitting it to the operation of final weigh-in.
The research and investigations currently being carried out under the supervision of the competent public prosecutor’s office aim to unmask and identify all the members of this international criminal network, whether in the country of origin trafficking or the country of final destination, and this, in coordination with the National Central Bureaus under the International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL), we conclude.
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