Cannabis

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• French Nationals Arrested in Morocco for Running Drug Operation from Garden Supply Store
  5 January 2019, by Said

  Two French nationals were arrested yesterday, Friday, in Tangier for their alleged involvement in a case of drugs and psychotropic substances.
  "The defendants used a plant seed and gardening equipment store to conceal the trafficking of chira and cannabis stems," says the General Directorate of National Security (DGSN) in a statement.
  It adds that the searches led to the discovery, inside the store, of more than 50 small plastic bags containing chira tablets ready for sale and envelopes (…)

• Morocco Destroys Over 4.5 Tons of Drugs in Tan-Tan Anti-Narcotics Operation
  24 November 2021, by Armel

  More than 4.5 tons of drugs and psychotropics were destroyed on Tuesday in Tan-Tan as part of the fight against drugs in Morocco.
  This quantity was seized in recent months during operations carried out at the level of the city.
  It is more than 4.55 tons of cannabis, 8,789 grams of kif, 1.5 grams of cocaine, 335 psychotropic tablets, 3,400 grams of powdered tobacco, 2.9 grams of shisha tobacco, and 860 liters of brandy.
  The destruction operation was carried out under the supervision of (…)

• Moroccan Trucker Faces €3.5 Million Fine, Prison for Massive Cannabis Smuggling at French Border
  21 December 2023, by Said

  A truck driver of Moroccan origin has just been sentenced to pay a heavy customs fine in France. The latter was transporting a large quantity of cannabis.
  French customs agents arrested a truck driver transporting cannabis pollen. He was transporting 351 kilos of narcotics, and the judge fined him 3.5 million euros in customs duties. In addition to this fine, he was sentenced to three years in prison.
  On the evening of the incident, agents at the Perthus, a strategic border crossing (…)

• Strasbourg Police Seize 27 Kilos of Cannabis and Assault Rifle in Major Drug Bust
  22 January 2019, by Said

  On Monday morning, several searches were carried out at the homes of several individuals, reports the France info website. These allowed the police to seize 27 kilos of drugs as well as a Kalashnikov.
  Quoted by France info, a source close to the investigation explains that this "seizure is indicative of the scale of the traffic. Local distribution, regular supplies by active traffickers, established in this approach."
  Five men and two women known to the police in drug cases were (…)

• Moroccan Lawmaker Pushes for Medical Cannabis Legalization, Citing Global Trends
  3 November 2019, by Sylvanus

  In a written question addressed to the new Minister of Health, the parliamentarian of the Party of Authenticity and Modernity (PAM), Mohamed Cheikh Biadillah, insisted on the need to legalize cannabis produced in Morocco.
  "When could Morocco one day consider following the path of Canada, the United States and the Netherlands and reaping the therapeutic benefits of the cannabis plant?" asked Mohamed Cheikh Biadillah.
  According to the deputy of the Party of Authenticity and Modernity (…)

• Major Moroccan Drug Lord Arrested in Barcelona After Years-Long Manhunt
  11 March 2020, by Bladi.net

  A Moroccan drug trafficker, wanted in Germany for about thirty drug-related cases, was arrested by the national police in Barcelona, Spain. This arrest was made possible thanks to the collaboration of the national police officers with the BKA in Germany.
  The national police were informed of a European arrest and surrender warrant issued by the German authorities, for a total of 36 cases of drug trafficking. This mainly involved cannabis and hashish, carried out between 2012 and 2015 in (…)

• Cannabis Growers Form Association as Morocco Considers Legalization
  26 April 2021, by Prince

  The cultivators of the cannabis plant in these provinces have just formed an association called "Coordination of the cannabis growing areas", reports the daily Al Ahdath Al Maghribia, noting that the creation of this grouping of cultivators from Bni Khaled, Ketama and Bni Seddath, comes after the presentation, by the Minister of the Interior, of the new draft law on the legal use of cannabis before Parliament.
  The members of this new association, whose main objective is to defend the (…)

• French Police Intercept 96 Kilos of Moroccan Cannabis in High-Speed Bust
  23 May 2021, by Sylvanus

  Elements of the National Gendarmerie Intervention Group (GIGN) intercepted two vehicles transporting 96 kilos of Moroccan cannabis and arrested their three occupants, in the night from Tuesday to Wednesday, between the Yvelines and the Loiret. This is the result of an investigation opened on January 30 following two successive accidents on the A10.
  A successful investigation. The Chartres public prosecutor’s office had entrusted the Orléans research section (SR) with a flagrante delicto (…)

• Spanish Police Seize Narco-Drone Smuggling Moroccan Cannabis to Andalusian Beaches
  5 July 2021, by Sylvanus

  A narco-drone loaded with cannabis from the Moroccan Rif to transport it to the Andalusian beaches was seized in Andalusia. In total, about ten people were arrested in Orléans and Spain.
  A first. The investigators of the Anti-Drug Office (Ofast) seized a narco-drone during a search in an isolated house in Vélez-Málaga in Andalusia in June, reports Le Journal du Dimanche. They also arrested about ten people in Orléans and Spain.
  According to them, the traffickers were trying to transport (…)

• 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 (…)