 Morocco has arrested 19 people who attempted to illegally cross the Mediterranean Sea. During the operation, the police seized two boats and arrested one person for alleged involvement in human trafficking and migrant smuggling. On Friday, the police arrested eight would-be immigrants and one individual in the northern city of Nado for alleged links with a criminal network active in the organization of illegal migration. A Moroccan Navy unit operating in the Mediterranean also filed a drug trafficking operation and seized three tonnes of cannabis off the coast of Nado.