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  • 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.
    Taking advantage of (…)

  • 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 (…)

  • Moroccan Rapper ElGrandeToto Sparks Controversy with Cannabis Comments at Rabat Festival
    26 September 2022, by Sylvanus

    In a video that went viral on social media, rapper ElGrandeToto promoted Moroccan cannabis. This has sparked strong reactions from Internet users.
    "We smoke weed, so what?!" the rapper said during a press conference held as part of the Rabat Festival. "We don’t have to go far to get weed, it’s just around the corner," he added, noting that the cannabis-producing regions are only 300 kilometers away. "We know all over the world that Morocco is the cradle of cannabis, and people from all (…)

  • Moroccan Government Condemns Rapper’s Cannabis Comments at Public Concert
    30 September 2022, by Said

    The government is reacting to the controversy sparked by the comments of rapper El Grande Toto on the legalization of cannabis. The issue was even raised during the government press briefing.
    For Mustapha Baitas, the government categorically refuses the singer’s remarks that are detrimental to public morals. This is unacceptable behavior, stating that he has discussed it with the Minister of Culture and supporting that "this discourse cannot be accepted in a public space and at an event (…)

  • Spanish Police Seize 4.4 Tons of Moroccan Cannabis, Arrest Two Britons in Maritime Bust
    28 December 2022, by Sylvanus

    Two Britons were arrested in Spain with a cargo of 4.4 tons of Moroccan cannabis destined for Latin America.
    Based on information provided by the British police, the Spanish police in coordination with the Spanish customs service managed to seize 4.4 tons of hashish that were allegedly destined for Latin America on board a boat that was sailing off the southern coast of the country and also arrested two Britons on board, reports the EFE agency. "The investigation had established that the (…)