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.
The bill presented by the constitutional assembly group and relating to slanderous denunciation targeting cannabis growers has not been approved by the Minister of Justice, who considers that this offense and the related sanctions are already taken into account in the Penal Code.
The police arrested in Tangier , on Wednesday, 11 individuals, including two of Romanian nationality and one Albanian in an irregular situation in Morocco, for their alleged links with a criminal network active in international drug trafficking.
Morocco ranks second in the top 10 countries that seized the largest quantities of drugs in 2019. This is indicated by the 2021 World Drug Report published by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).
Several hundred kilograms of cannabis resin from Morocco, packaged in the shape of tomatoes, were intercepted last week on the A63 in Castets (Landes), according to the Dax customs brigade.
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.
Plainclothes police officers seized nearly a ton of Moroccan cannabis in Bruges and arrested eight people, seven of whom were indicted.
The legal production and use of cannabis is a gold mine for many countries. In the United States, this activity generates billions of dollars in revenue and hundreds of thousands of permanent jobs in more than 26 states. A windfall that should not leave Morocco indifferent.
Morocco has about 700,000 adult drug addicts, a large proportion of whom are young people. This is revealed in a report by the Special Commission on the Development Model (CSMD) on the use of cannabis in the kingdom where the prevalence of cannabis use is between 4 and 5%.
An operation carried out on Wednesday by elements of the judicial police brigade of Nador resulted in the seizure of a large quantity of drugs and the arrest of five traffickers.
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.
The Justice and Development Party (PJD) voted against the draft law on the legal use of cannabis for therapeutic and industrial purposes, when it was adopted on Friday by the Interior Committee of the first chamber of parliament.