The interception, during this week, to the West of the Canary Islands of a vessel transporting some 3,000 kilograms of cocaine, embodies the tight coordination between Moroccan and Spanish police services, as well as French, U.S., U.K. and Portuguese services in fighting against international narcotics trafficking, Esparza Machín told MAP.
The Moroccan security services’ ability to provide strategic intelligence, bolster cooperation with several countries and intervene in complex cases confirms the Kingdom’s “strategic and leading” role in securing maritime routes between Africa, Europe and the Americas, he maintained.
He added that counter-terrorism and the fight against international drug trafficking and illegal immigration are a “mutual and shared responsibility,” which must be treated within a multilateral framework and examined using a concerted and consensual approach.
The Spanish Tax Agency’s Customs Surveillance Service and the Spanish Civil Guard intercepted, on Wednesday, with Morocco’s assistance, a tugboat bearing the name “Sky White,” carrying some 3,000 kilograms of cocaine, divided into 80 packages of various sizes.
The operation was subject to international cooperation of police services from Morocco, France, the U.S., the U.K. and Portugal, as well as the Intelligence Center for Counter-Terrorism and Organized Crime (CITCO) and the Maritime Analysis and Operation Centre – Narcotics (MAOC-N), the Spanish Customs Surveillance Service (DAVA) said in a statement.
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