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Eleven people wanted under national and international arrest warrants were arrested on Monday in coordinated security operations carried out in Marrakech and Tangier, according to a press release issued by Moroccan authorities.
The suspects include 10 dual Moroccan-French, Moroccan-Belgian and Moroccan-Dutch nationals, as well as one French citizen. Checks through Interpol databases revealed that 10 of them were the subject of Red Notices issued at the request of judicial authorities in France, Belgium and the Netherlands.
Among those arrested were six French citizens of Moroccan origin wanted by French authorities for alleged involvement in money laundering, membership in criminal organizations linked to drug trafficking, and fraud-related offenses. Three Belgian citizens of Moroccan origin were wanted by Belgian authorities in connection with international drug trafficking, while a Dutch citizen of Moroccan origin was sought on suspicion of involvement in international drug trafficking and money laundering.
The operation also led to the arrest of a French citizen who was the subject of a national arrest warrant issued by Morocco’s National Judicial Police Brigade in a money laundering case.
Searches carried out during the operation resulted in the seizure of luxury watches, personal belongings, luxury cars and motorcycles, cash in Moroccan and foreign currencies, bank cards, mobile phones, quantities of cocaine, as well as passports and identity documents belonging to the suspects.
The detainees were placed in police custody pending investigations supervised by the competent public prosecutors’ offices, as authorities examine the offenses cited in the foreign judicial requests and complaints that led to the warrants.
