The Central Bureau of Judicial Investigations (BCIJ) in Morocco today discovered a mountain area that was suspected of using a terrorist cell as a logistical back base.
The area contained weapons and ammunition, since members of a recently dismantled ISIS-connected cell belonged.
A statement by the national police and the national tertotiral surveillance directorate (Directorate of Tertotiral Monitoring (DGSN-Dgst) said on Thursday that ongoing investigations identified the mountain area through technical expertise and the identification process for satellite location. The alleged area is located in the province of Errachidia.
BCIJ opened an investigation in a top -class terrorist directory that wanted to undermine the stability of Morocco on Wednesday when it “thwarted a very dangerous” terrorist plan.
The Operation the arrest of 12 suspects between 18 and 40 in simultaneous operations in the cities of Laayoune, Casablanca, Fez, Taza, Tangier, Azzemour, Oulad Taima and Tamsna on the Rabat -Rabat.
Inspections on the ground showed that the alleged area was buried a weapon cache and ammunition in a secure place at the foot of the Rocky Hill.
The operation required dog patrols, which were trained to identify explosives, metal detection mechanisms, devices for the identification of suspicious materials and robots of the bombing.
The search processes in the region took about three hours.
The confiscated equipment was wrapped in plastic bags and newspapers printed in Mali, including publications of January 27 of this year.
The confiscated firearms included two Kalashnikov rifles, two shotguns, ten individual handguns of different types, a large amount of cartridges and ammunition from different calibers.
After the area was uncovered, the police sealed the firearms and handed them over to experts in technical investigations.
The DGSN DGSt declaration states that the ongoing studies indicate that the weapons were carved to Morocco by a high-ranking ISIS leader in the Sahel region.
The ISIS leader also sent the location coordinates to the mined terror -Zell team to collect the weapons and use them to carry out terrorist attacks.
After breaking down the cell, Moroccan security services identified on Wednesday more materials, including an improvised explosive device that was still under assembly.
Safety services confiscated during the mining also modified gas cylinder, which are associated with mobile phones for the remote control as well as knives of materials and chemicals.
