Moroccan investigations have revealed that the terrorist network al-Qaeda is aiding international drug cartels in securing logistics in the Northern African country to export drugs to Europe.
On Friday, Morocco’s Interior Minister, Taib Cherkaoui, revealed details of the relationship between al-Qaeda and drug cartels, which he described as “obvious”. The interior ministry’s recently cracked down on a group with 34 members involved in selling drugs.
“Through security investigation, it has been found that there are direct relations between international drug networks and al-Qaeda, and they use Moroccan’s desert and coast as a base for their operations,” Cherkaoui said.
He also added that the drug lords are mainly from Colombia, Venezuela and Spain and have a “good” relationship with al-Qaeda in the North African country.
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