Morocco's government says police have dismantled an international drug trafficking ring bringing cocaine and marijuana from South America to Africa and on to Europe.
Taieb Cherqaoui says 34 people were arrested, including a Spaniard who led the group out of Morocco.
Cherqaoui told a news conference Friday that the ring had ties with al-Qaida's North African affiliate, known as AQIM, as well as Latin American drug cartels.
Cherqaoui said the group had smuggled 600 kilograms of cocaine into Morocco between March and August of this year.
He said the drugs were brought from Colombia and Venezuela to Africa, stored in northern Mali, then taken through the desert to markets in Morocco and Europe.
Posts
0 comments:
Post a Comment