Moroccan Police Arrest a Couple for Illicit Drug Trafficking

Rabat – Moroccan authorities arrested a 24-year-old woman suspected of trafficking illegal drugs and psychotropic substances.

The arrest, which took place on Tuesday, April 30, was based on information provided by the General Directorate for Territorial Surveillance (DGST).

The directorate stated in a press release that the police arrested the suspect at the Meknes train station.

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The suspect possessed a haul of 1002 pills of ecstasy-based drugs and two doses of cocaine.

Further police investigations also led to the arrest of her husband, whom the police suspect to be the major drug dealer.

The authorities have placed the suspects under police custody, awaiting further investigations  into the circumstances surrounding the case.