Rédaction Africa Links 24 with ALM
Published on 2024-04-06 18:18:33
The elements of the judicial police in Nador arrested sixteen individuals on Saturday morning, in coordination with the services of the General Directorate of Territorial Surveillance, who were involved in a criminal network of international trafficking of stolen cars, forgery and use of false documents.
This security operation, carried out in several rural areas around Nador, Driouch and Ben Tayeb, led to the arrest of the suspects for their alleged involvement in falsifying documents, serial numbers and license plates to sell stolen cars to criminal networks, according to a security source.
The searches conducted in the storage depots operated by the suspects resulted in the seizure of 69 vehicles of various categories and brands, fake license plates, 220 engines, spare parts as well as keys, documents and automobile manufacturer plates, the same source adds. They also seized three hunting rifles, 33 cartridges, computers and mobile phones as well as data storage equipment, printers and equipment used in the falsification of license plates, in addition to sums of money, in foreign and national currencies, suspected to be the proceeds of this criminal activity.
The identification operation of the suspects in the national police database revealed that one of them is the subject of several national search warrants issued against him by the judicial police and the Royal Gendarmerie of Laâyoune, Agadir and Nador, in connection with international trafficking of stolen cars.
The suspects were subjected to a judicial investigation supervised by the competent prosecutor’s office in order to determine the possible ramifications of this criminal activity and to apprehend other accomplices.
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