Rabat - Moroccan authorities dismantled a vast underground network specializing in drug trafficking, according to the daily Al Massae in its Tuesday edition. The gang’s leaders were Algerians living in Morocco.
Security forces took four Moroccan and Algerian traffickers into custody. The men had entered Morocco illegally. Al Massae revealed that the Interpol office in Rabat has asked their headquarters to provide information on a new list of Algerians suspected of being part of a vast international network of drug trafficking. Security authorities described the network as "dangerous" and used speedboats, according to Al Massae.
The gang operated from Oujda and Nador. This network had connections in several European countries, including Spain, Belgium, Melilla and the Netherlands, where it sold its merchandise through local connections,.
Police managed to collect "important information" Algerian traffickers were arrested for working for a drug lord in the south of Spain, which helped identify two of their colleagues, said Al Massae. The Algerians in question lived in Morocco before the arrest of their accomplices. According to a police report, more than 500 Algerian drug lords wanted internationally. Some have fled to Morocco, obtained Moroccan citizenship, and work as drug traffickers in the east and north of Morocco.