On Tuesday, Moroccan, Dutch and Belgian security authorities managed to track down and dismantle a global drug smuggling network who were also laundering the profits through commercial and real estate investments, according to the Moroccan Ministry of Interior. Joint investigations between the three countries led to the arrest of the gang members in Holland and the seizure of 250Kg of marijuana. The operation to track the criminal activity lay within the framework of the international security cooperation against nationally organised crimes. According to the report, the Moroccan police have also frozen financial assets and properties which the criminal network had gained via illegal activities and money laundering. These were based in the Moroccan cities of Meknes and Al Nador, both in the north of the country.