Cannabis

Articles

• Israeli Firms Eye Moroccan Cannabis Market as Legalization Looms
  6 May 2021, by Prince

  The draft law on the legal use of cannabis is pending examination in parliament. In anticipation of the adoption of this text, several Israeli economic operators have already expressed their interest in investing in this field in Morocco.
  About 150 Israeli companies specializing in the pharmaceutical, cosmetic and other industries are interested in Moroccan cannabis and are just waiting for the adoption of the draft law on its legal use to invest in this sector in Morocco, reports the (…)

• Moroccan Gendarmerie Deploys Drones to Combat Cannabis Trafficking Near Tangier
  2 December 2022, by Sylvanus

  The multiplication of cannabis storage depots in the suburbs located between Tangier and Larache is pushing the gendarmerie services to use drones to track down the traffickers.
  The drone has become a valuable tool for the services of the Royal Gendarmerie. They use this new weapon as part of a vast operation whose objective is to surround the mountainous areas to track down the cannabis storage depots that are multiplying in the suburbs located between Tangier and Larache and detect by (…)

• Moroccan Driver Arrested in Ceuta with 79 Kilos of Hashish Bound for Spain
  14 March 2023, by Prince

  The Civil Guard arrested on Monday in the port area of Ceuta a Moroccan transporting 79 kilos of hashish on board his French-registered vehicle, destined for Algeciras. He is accused of a presumed crime against public health.
  The Moroccan was arrested as he was about to board a ferry to Algeciras with his Volkswagen Passat registered in France, reports Ceuta Al Dia. Thanks to the alert given by the sniffer dog, the agents carried out a thorough search of the car, discovering the drug (…)

• Former Moroccan Minister Accuses Ex-PM of Blocking Cannabis Legalization
  14 March 2021, by Bladi.net

  Lahcen Daoudi, a former PJD minister, has recalled the importance of the legal use of cannabis, a subject that threatens the stability of the lamp party. In an interview, he accused former Prime Minister Benkirane of being behind the party’s opposition to the legalization of kif.
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• Drug Traffickers Evade Spanish Coast Guard in Gibraltar Strait
  3 September 2019, by Bladi.net

  Constantly monitored, the Strait of Gibraltar is the circuit par excellence used by drug traffickers to hug the coast and flood Europe. With substantial means, they are the target of the Spanish Guardia civil and police.
  Night is the ideal time for these traffickers to operate. The heavy means of the Spanish coast guards do not impress the dealers who, aboard their boats called "lanchas" by the Spaniards, use subterfuges to escape them in complete tranquility, reports Paris Match.
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• French Drug Smugglers Caught at Moroccan Port with 15 Kilos of Cannabis
  17 February 2020, by Kamal

  The police services of the port of Tanger-Med successfully arrested two French nationals on Saturday evening, February 15. They are involved in an international drug trafficking case.
  The two Frenchmen, aged 22 and 28, had tried to evade the attention of the police officers by taking separate ferries to Tarifa, in southern Spain.
  Subjected to a thorough pat-down search, the two suspects had, in an identical manner, concealed the goods under a plastic film around their waist. They each (…)

• Moroccan Police Seize 589 kg of Cannabis in Major Drug Bust Near Agadir
  25 February 2020, by Sylvanus

  The judicial police, in coordination with the services of the General Directorate of Territorial Surveillance (DGST), proceeded, on Saturday, February 22, 2020, in the industrial district of Ait Melloul, to the arrest of a truck driver transporting 589 kg of cannabis resin. The suspect was arrested in the industrial district of Ait Melloul.
  According to the General Directorate of National Security (DGSN), the truck driver is a 49-year-old individual with multiple criminal records. The (…)

• Morocco’s Cannabis Farmers Propose Reforms to Development Commission
  26 February 2020, by Sylvanus

  The cannabis growers recently received a visit from a delegation of the Special Commission on the Development Model, led by its president Chakib Benmoussa.
  Ouezzane, Bab Berred, Chaouen. At each stage of the visit, the president of the Special Commission on the Development Model, Chakib Benmoussa and his delegation, exchanged with the cannabis growers, reports Al Massae. The latter told them that they live only from the cultivation and sale in the raw state of kif.
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• Moroccan Party Leader Urges Cannabis Law Reform to Protect Small Farmers
  31 March 2021, by Prince

  After the legalization of the use of cannabis, some drug traffickers are trying to seize the land of small farmers. A maneuver denounced by Mohand Laenser, Secretary General of the Popular Movement (MP), calling for a re-reading of the law on the legal use of cannabis in order to improve the quality of its content.
  Drug barons would force small farmers to sell their land cheaply in order to expand their cannabis cultivation, reports the daily Assabah. For Mohand Laenser, this practice of (…)

• Moroccan Drug Kingpin "Tajine" Faces Trial in France After Spanish Arrest
  11 June 2021, by Prince

  The trial of the Moroccan Samir I. known as "Tajine" opened on Wednesday in Nanterre, four months after his arrest in Marbella, Spain. Sentenced in absentia to eight years in prison, he will be tried again for two drug cases, including one that led to the seizure of cocaine hidden in a torpedo fixed under a cargo ship.
  Samir I. known as "Tajine", 30, appeared in court in Nanterre on Thursday for two drug cases. Actively wanted since 2015 when an international arrest warrant was issued (…)