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Morocco arrests British national over links with drug trafficking  

Xinhua,February 15, 2018 Adjust font size:

RABAT, Feb. 14 (Xinhua) -- A British national was arrested in Morocco's Marrakech over links to an international drug trafficking network, the police said in a statement on Wednesday.

According to the statement, the 39-year-old British citizen is subject to two international arrest warrants issued by France and European Union in 2014 and 2016 respectively, for drug trafficking.

The police said the man was arrested on Tuesday immediately after arriving in Morocco on a flight from Doha airport in Qatar.

The suspect was remanded in custody and under an investigation awaiting his extradition procedure. Enditem

 

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