In the latest incident, nine Indian migrants have been arrested in Ouled Settout near the northern Moroccan city of Nador, police said Tuesday.
The Indians were attempting to reach the nearby Spanish enclave of Melilla in order to cross over to mainland Spain.
Moroccan police services dismantle human-smuggling network.
Police recently held 70 people on charges of belonging to a criminal ring that brought Indians and Pakistanis through western African and Gulf countries to Morocco, which they were using as a gateway to the West.
“Some 70 people have been arrested as part of this operation,” General Director of National Security Hamidou Lâanigri had declared after the network was dismantled.
“The operation also allowed police services to seize five cars, considerable sums of money in foreign and Moroccan currency, important means of communication, as well as documents related to the network's activities,” he added.
The majority of those arrested in the operation are currently in Nador where they will be referred to justice.
In other news, 570 illegal immigrants were repatriated from the eastern city of Oujda on February 1st through 16. The illegal immigrants, 376 sub-Saharans, 130 Algerians, 52 Indians, a Bengalese, 9 Pakistanis and 2 Syrians, had entered the Moroccan territory via Algeria.
A government source noted that five Africans were arrested for possessing false certificates of the UN High Commissioner of Refugees Rabat bureau. The investigation revealed that these immigrants bought these documents in the Algerian city of Maghnia from Algerian individuals.
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