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RABAT, Feb. 15 (Xinhua) -- A total of 4.75 kg of cocaine packed in 795 capsules was removed from the stomach of six Ivorians who were arrested at an airport in Casablanca, the Moroccan police said Saturday in a statement.
The suspects were arrested at the Mohammed V airport on Wednesday when they were preparing to take a flight to the Tunis Carthage airport, the statement said.
The suspects, aged between 27 and 43, were remanded in police custody pending the preliminary investigation, it added.
The police are trying to identify others implicated in the criminal act to determine possible links with international drug trafficking networks outside Morocco, according to the statement.
