Cannabis

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• Moroccan Man Arrested at Tanger-Med Port with 270 kg of Hidden Cannabis
  26 June 2019, by Kamal

  A 51-year-old Moroccan national was about to smuggle a large quantity of cannabis, on board a car registered in Germany. He was intercepted by the police services at the Port of Tanger-Med.
  According to the press release from the General Directorate of National Security (DGSN), the cargo was meticulously hidden in small plastic boxes containing consumer products. The services managed to seize this significant quantity of cannabis as part of an inspection operation.
  The man was about to (…)

• Béziers Man Sentenced to 3 Years for Smuggling 24 Kilos of Cannabis from Morocco
  4 August 2023, by Prince

  Majid B., a 31-year-old man from Béziers, has just been sentenced to three years in prison by the Montpellier criminal court for cannabis resin trafficking, driving without a license and failure to comply.
  The young man was arrested in Fabrègues on June 24, after a long chase on the A9 motorway. A little earlier, he had managed to escape a police check at the La Palme rest area because he was transporting 24 kilos of cannabis resin, reports Midi Libre. Placed in pre-trial detention

• Major Drug Trafficking Ring Busted: 120 Convicted in Brussels Trial
  30 October 2024, by Prince

  End in Brussels of the exceptional trial of 120 people prosecuted for international cocaine and cannabis trafficking, among other things, from Morocco. The accused were sentenced to sentences ranging from a few months to 17 years in prison.
  After a long trial that took place from December 2023 to May 2024, the Brussels court finally delivered its verdict on Tuesday in this case of international drug trafficking from Morocco for which more than 120 men and women of Albanian, Colombian, (…)

• 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 (…)

• Record 1.4 Tons of Moroccan Hashish Seized Near Montpellier in Major Drug Bust
  11 October 2022, by Prince

  A truck from Spain transporting 1.4 tons of Moroccan hashish was stopped overnight from Sunday to Monday at the Saint-Jean-de-Védas toll booth on the A709, near Montpellier.
  Cannabis seizures are multiplying on the road axes near Montpellier, as is often the case in the fall. During a check at the Saint-Jean-de-Védas toll booth on the A709, the customs officers of Montpellier discovered inside a truck coming from Spain a significant quantity of "Moroccan suitcases" containing more than (…)

• Spanish-French Police Bust Morocco-to-France Drug Ring, Seize 247 Kilos of Marijuana
  7 March 2023, by Prince

  The Spanish police, in collaboration with the French national police, dismantled a criminal organization dedicated to drug trafficking from Morocco to France via Seville and Malaga in Spain. In total, seven people were arrested.
  The traffickers hid the drugs in legal goods transported in Moroccan trucks destined for France. But before that, the drugs are stored in "nurseries" set up in Seville and Malaga. In total, 247 kilos of marijuana buds, small quantities of hashish, nearly 40,000 (…)

• Morocco Approves First Cannabis Seed Imports for Legal Cultivation
  7 March 2023, by Prince

  On Monday, Morocco issued the first import authorization for cannabis seeds intended for about twenty farmers who wanted to start the legal cultivation of this plant for pharmaceutical and industrial purposes.
  In accordance with the law on the legal use of cannabis passed in 2021, the National Office of Sanitary Safety of Food Products (ONSSA) issued on Monday the authorization to import cannabis seeds to the beneficiaries who were previously content with the permit from the National (…)

• Major Drug Bust: Over 1 Ton of Moroccan Cannabis Seized Near Montpellier, France
  16 January 2019, by Said

  In this case, three men aged 29 to 32 were arrested and then presented to the judge on Tuesday for international drug trafficking. The prosecution requested their placement in pre-trial detention.
  During a press conference, the public prosecutor indicated that the seizure took place about fifteen kilometers west of Montpellier "after being spotted by the Moroccan and Spanish authorities" as part of an investigation conducted by the regional judicial police service (SRPJ) of Montpellier. (…)

• Moroccan Couple from France Arrested at Ceuta Border with Cannabis and Undeclared Cash
  2 October 2019, by Kamal

  A Moroccan couple residing in France was arrested at the border post of Ceuta, in possession of 9 and a half kilos of cannabis resin and a sum of 100,000 dirhams.
  On Tuesday morning, a Moroccan and his wife tried to cross the border of the Spanish enclave, hiding nearly 9 and a half kilos of cannabis resin in their car.
  According to the Tanja24 website, the customs services seized more than 100,000 dirhams, which the couple had not declared to the Foreign Exchange Office, including (…)