Hicham, one of the most wanted drug traffickers in Spain by the anti-drug trafficking brigades, has just been arrested. He is a Moroccan who had a foothold in Latin America and was "transiting" drugs to Spain and the Netherlands.
A traffic accident occurred on the coastal road connecting the cities of Safi and El Jadida. Two people died and another was seriously injured. The authorities found a large quantity of drugs in the wrecked car.
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.
A drug trafficking operation was thwarted by Customs services at the Bab Sebta border post, in northern Morocco. A large quantity of drugs was seized.
The vigilance of the judicial police made it possible to thwart on Wednesday a major international drug trafficking operation. The valuable information from the services of the Directorate General of Territorial Surveillance (DGST) also allowed the seizure of 12.8 tons of cannabis resin.
In southern Spain, more precisely in Campo de Gibraltar, the Spanish police seized 6 tons of hashish and arrested 14 people as part of an operation to combat drug trafficking.
Two men have just been arrested and will be prosecuted for breaking the fast in public and in broad daylight, according to some media sources, which specify that this breaking of the fast was done with cannabis.
The operation carried out last Thursday by the French customs services in the Mediterranean resulted in the seizure of several tons of cannabis, probably of Moroccan origin. The drugs were headed for Libya, before perhaps taking another direction.
In its activity report for the year 2018, the Customs and Indirect Taxes Administration (ADII) indicates that it seized 19.2 tons of cannabis resin, compared to 33.7 tons in 2017.
Their scheme was unmasked by the law enforcement authorities. Some 22 kilos of drugs were seized last week by the French police on board a van. Its occupants were going to pick up Moroccan cannabis in southern Spain before selling it in France.
The seizure carried out on Friday evening by the judicial police near Besançon is a real record. We are talking about a vast drug trafficking network "scale" between Morocco, Spain, France and Belgium.
Morocco could generate up to 100 billion dirhams, starting in 2023, if a legal framework is put in place for the production of cannabis, according to the conclusions of a report by the consulting agency "Prohibition partners".