The police of Tangier, in collaboration with the Territorial Surveillance Agency (DGST), arrested a 45-year-old man with a criminal record on Thursday who was nationally wanted for his suspected involvement in the possession and trafficking of 7.8 kilograms of cocaine.
Police officers caught the suspect following several warrants issued against him by the police in Tetouan, Tangier, and M’diq. He was apprehended in possession of 100 grams of cocaine.
Subsequent searches of his residence uncovered an additional 7.7 kilograms of cocaine intended for sale, along with electronic scales and materials used for packaging and preparing these illicit substances.
The suspect is now in custody under the supervision of the public prosecutor’s office.