Tangier - Over 12 kg of heroin, 3 kg of cocaine and 400 psychotropic pills, carried by a Moroccan national, were seized, on Monday, at Tangier Med port, a customs source said.
The illegal substance was hidden in a box aboard a Spain-registered transportation bus coming, on Monday, from the city of Amsterdam, according to Moroccan authorities.
The drugs were hidden in the luggage of a Moroccan national who came from Brussels on a bus, the source added, noting that the bus driver and a Moroccan national waiting at the ferry terminal at Tangier Med were also arrested.
The operation led to the arrest of 3 suspects, aged 35-52, whom are the bus driver (of Spanish nationality), his Belgian assistant of Moroccan origin and a third person who was also involved in the drug trafficking.
The arrested were handed to the judiciary police, under the supervision of the public prosecutor's office, to complete the investigation before bringing them to justice.
With MAP
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