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Tetuan governor: setting surveillance post in Leila islet is a mere security measure
Morocco, Politics, 7/19/2002
The Wali (senior governor) of Tetuan (northern Morocco), Mohamed Gharrabi, said setting a surveillance post in the Moroccan Mediterranean islet of Leila was no more than a mere security measure part of the local security services' mobilization to crack down on illegal migration and drug trafficking.
The Islet is located in the administrative territory of Tetuan and more precisely in the rural commune of Taghramt, on the right bank of the Gibraltar strait inside Moroccan territorial waters, the wali said at a press conference.
He added that the islet is one of the province's Mediterranean shores and, given its proximity to Europe, security services identified it as one of the most sensitive spots in the anti-immigration and drug trafficking action plan.
He further explained that the security departments have divided the Tetuan province shore in three zones: one extending between Tetuan and Oued Laou, the second one between Martil and Sebta and the third one is a strip along the edge of Gibraltar, between Ksar Al Majaz and Bel Younech. It is precisely in this part that drug trafficking and illegal migration operations are intensive, he said before adding that security services had to intervene several times to fish out victims of these unlawful acts in the coasts of Oued R'mel and Oued Al-Marsa which are very close to the Leila islet. In addition the services of the Royal Gendarmerie have conducted since 1994 several drug seizures in the islet.
He went on that thanks to Moroccan efforts, Morocco has arrested over the last 18 months 1,279 candidates to illegal immigrations, 1,254 persons involved in drug trafficking and seized 8,247 kilograms of chira, 2,020 doses of cocaine and 2,792 doses of heroin.
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