Police arrest foreigner for links with illegal immigration networks

The Rabat judicial police arrested, on Saturday, a foreign national from a sub-Saharan African country residing illegally in Morocco for her links with illegal immigration networks and alleged involvement in the illegal sale of unlicensed alcoholic beverages.

According to a statement by the national police (DGSN), the 46-year-old suspect was arrested in a house she rented in the Bouregregreg neighborhood. Search operations resulted in the seizure of 396 liters of contraband alcoholic beverages and several passports belonging to citizens from sub-Saharan countries.

She was remanded in custody to complete the investigation led under the supervision of the competent public prosecutor's office, adds the same source.