Cannabis

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• Spain Seeks Joint Task Force with Morocco to Combat Rising Hashish Smuggling
  21 May 2023, by Prince

  The Anti-Drug Prosecutor, Rosa Ana Morán, proposes the creation of a working group with Morocco to strengthen collaboration in the fight against hashish trafficking from Morocco to the Spanish coasts via Algeciras.
  Spain has become the main entry point for cannabis into the European Union. A status that worries Morán. "It is a trade closely linked to organized crime and international gangs are settling here for cannabis production," she said in an interview with E

• Spanish National Arrested at Tanger-Med Port with Over 1 Ton of Cannabis Resin
  18 June 2023, by Said

  An operation carried out by the security forces at the Port of Tanger-Med resulted in the seizure of drugs and the arrest of an individual suspected of drug trafficking.
  The police services operating at the Port of Tanger-Med arrested a 51-year-old Spanish national on Saturday afternoon, following precise information from the Directorate General of Territorial Surveillance (DGST).
  This arrest made it possible to thwart an attempt to traffic 1050 kg of cannabis resin (chira) on board a (…)

• Moroccan Expat Arrested at Spanish Border with 56 kg of Cannabis
  21 August 2023, by Said

  A Moroccan residing abroad was arrested on Saturday by customs officers at the Bab Sebta border crossing. He is accused of drug trafficking.
  The customs officers, assisted by the police, intercepted a car registered in Spain hiding no less than 56 kg of cannabis resin in the form of tablets. These were hidden in a space between the tank and the rear seats.
  The driver, a Moroccan residing abroad, "was about to leave the national territory," according to a customs source. He was handed (…)

• Customs Seize 20 kg of Cannabis at Morocco-Spain Border Crossing
  4 July 2019, by Bladi.net

  An attempt to traffic 20 kg of cannabis resin has just been thwarted at the Bab Sebta crossing point, by a joint brigade of customs and police.
  Elements of the joint brigade of the General Directorate of National Security (DGSN) and the Administration of Customs and Indirect Taxes seized 20 kg of cannabis resin, reports the MAP.
  This significant seizure was made during a routine search of a utility vehicle registered in Morocco, which was about to return to Ceuta, the same source (…)

• Moroccan Police Seize 27 Tons of Cannabis in Major Port Bust
  8 July 2019, by Said

  This is undoubtedly one of the largest drug seizures in recent years. This Sunday, July 7, 2019, evening, the police services seized just over 27 tons of cannabis resin (chira).
  The shipment was inside three trucks dedicated to international transport and registered in Morocco, announces the General Directorate of National Security (DGSN) in a press release, specifying that the vehicles were supposed to transport industrial equipment to Europe.
  The three drivers, all of Moroccan (…)

• Belgian Family Arrested in Major Cannabis Smuggling Ring from Morocco
  9 July 2019, by Bladi.net

  About twenty people were arrested on Thursday, July 4, 2019, following about thirty searches in the Brussels region. Members of the same family from Anderlecht, they are the alleged main perpetrators of a drug trafficking operation from Morocco.
  This arrest, which took place as part of an investigation into international drug trafficking, resulted in the indictment of eleven people, the Brussels Public Prosecutor’s Office said. This vast operation of searches aimed to dismantle the (…)

• Moroccan Police Seize 700 kg of Cannabis in Beach Drug Bust
  31 August 2019, by Bladi.net

  A traffic of 700 kilograms of cannabis resin from the beach of Assilah was thwarted by elements of the local brigade of the Judicial Police attached to the police station of the city of Asilah, on Friday, August 30, 2019, according to a statement from the General Directorate of National Security (DGSN).
  The utility vehicle used to transport this quantity of drugs had been intercepted and searched near the beach by the Security elements, reports the MAP. They confiscated the drugs as well (…)

• Moroccan Expat Arrested at Spanish Border with 16 Kilos of Hidden Drugs
  23 August 2023, by Said

  Some 16 kilos of drugs were seized on Monday at the Bab Sebta crossing point in the car of a traveler. It is a Moroccan residing abroad (MRE).
  During a joint control operation, customs elements, in collaboration with the police, seized this quantity of drugs, in the form of tablets, which was hidden inside a hiding place built into the dashboard of a vehicle registered in Spain, driven by a Moroccan residing abroad (MRE), who was about to leave the national territory, says a customs (…)

• A Moroccan living abroad arrested for drug trafficking in Ceuta
  19 February 2024, by Said

  Customs and police officers at the Bab Sebta crossing point intercepted a large quantity of drugs. 21.4 kg of cannabis resin were seized from a light vehicle registered in Spain.
  The drugs were carefully hidden inside the vehicle’s fuel tank. The driver, a Moroccan national holding a Spanish passport, was about to leave the national territory when he was checked.
  The vehicle and the drugs were seized. The driver was handed over to the judicial police for further investigation, under the (…)

• Dutch National Arrested at Morocco Border with 72 kg of Cannabis
  28 March 2024, by Said

  The Moroccan police and customs thwarted, in the night from Tuesday to Wednesday, an attempt to traffic drugs at the Bab Sebta crossing point.
  Some 72.4 kg of cannabis resin were seized during a joint control operation carried out by customs, police and the canine brigade at the Bab Sebta crossing point.
  The drugs were hidden in various parts of a vehicle registered in the Netherlands, driven by a Dutch national.
  The vehicle and the drugs were confiscated by the authorities. The (…)