In a statement, the national police (DGSN) said that searches conducted in this case have led to the arrest of four individuals for their alleged links to these criminal acts and the seizure of five cars and 12 ingots, weighing 20 Kg, 110,000 dirhams, and a sum of 2,489,870 euros, adding that the investigation is underway to determine the origin of this sum of money.
During searches conducted by police to arrest a fifth individual in the Beni Drar region for his alleged involvement in the case, a police officer was forced to fire two warning shots because of the fierce opposition of a group of individuals by throwing stones, which caused the injury of a police officer, said the DGSN.
The four suspects have been placed in police custody to complete the preliminary inquiry conducted under the supervision of the competent prosecutor's office to determine all the criminal acts attributed to them, while investigations are underway to apprehend the rest of the accomplices, the same source concluded.