The revelations continue in the affair nicknamed “Escobar of the desert”. Indeed, the Attorney General at the Court of Appeal of Casablanca announced this Sunday that, as part of the investigations carried out by the National Brigade of the Judicial Police (BNPJ) under the supervision of the public prosecutor to determine other suspected persons involvement with one of the detainees of foreign nationality, prosecuted in a case linked to international drug trafficking and currently serving his prison sentence, the results revealed suspicions regarding the participation of certain people in acts linked, for the most part, to the same facts for which the foreigner mentioned was prosecuted, as well as others having links with him, sentenced to custodial sentences.
The same source added, in a press release received by Hespressthat “due to the complexity of these acts and the intertwining of their ramifications, the investigations took the necessary time, in full compliance with the relevant legal provisions and under the direct supervision of the public prosecutor”.
The results of the investigations led to the appearance of 25 people before the Attorney General, some of whom hold legal positions or responsibilities within local authorities or are responsible for law enforcement, in addition to other people who committed actions related to the case.
« In consecration of the principle of equality before the law, the results of the investigations led the public prosecutor to submit a request to the investigating judge with a view to carrying out investigations against them for suspicion of committing each of the acts with which they are accused legally, and which broadly amount to a set of crimes, including participation in an agreement to possess drugs, transport them, export them and attempt to export them, corruption, forgery and use of forgery concerning official documents , direct exercise of restrictive physical and individual control to satisfy personal whims, obtaining documents under duress, facilitating the exit and entry of Moroccan citizens to and from Moroccan territory on a regular basis within the framework of a gang and an agreement, and concealment of property acquired by crime…“, indicates the text.
After their preliminary interrogation, the investigating judge decided to incarcerate twenty (20) of them and to subject one person to judicial control measures, while the public prosecutor instructed the specialized judicial police to continue the investigations. against the other four in order to clarify certain aspects of this case. Once the investigations they have ordered are completed, the public prosecutor will also take the necessary measures against them, specifies the same source.
Furthermore, the Public Prosecutor’s Office will continue, within the framework of the right to information, to communicate to the public the results of research and investigation procedures once these have been completed, in strict compliance with legal requirements, in accordance with the requirements of the rule of law and respect for the presumption of innocence.
2023-12-24 23:44:07
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