Spain : A Moroccan minor released after being kidnapped by traffickers

The Civil Guard released yesterday a Moroccan minor migrant who was kidnapped by a drug-trafficking network, reports local newspaper Diario de Cadiz.

The young migrant had been taken care of by the children's reception center in the municipality of El Bosque, after having arrived alone in Spain via a boat. He was then forcibly removed from this center by this network and locked in a place in the municipality of Puerto Real.

The child was found in a bad condition as he was forced to sleep on a mattress on the floor and was strictly supervised.

The kidnappers asked his family for money, threatening to harm their child. Five people were arrested, two of them are Moroccan.