Chira

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• Royal Navy Seizes 500kg of Cannabis, Arrests Spanish and Moroccan Traffickers off Moroccan Coast
  23 September 2020, by Ginette

  A significant quantity of cannabis resin was seized and two traffickers arrested by a Royal Navy coast guard off Ksar-sghir, a military source reports.
  The foiling of this trafficking operation led to the seizure of 500 kg of cannabis resin hidden in bales and drums. A Moroccan and a Spaniard on board a fast motorboat were also arrested, reports the MAP.
  The seized cargo and equipment, as well as the arrested traffickers, were handed over to the Royal Gendarmerie for judicial (…)

• Moroccan Police Seize Large Cannabis Shipment Hidden in Frozen Fish Truck
  25 December 2020, by Ginette

  In a statement, the General Directorate of National Security (DGSN) indicated that it was the border control procedures and search operations that made it possible to seize this large quantity of cannabis resin hidden in a cargo of frozen fish on board the trailer of the truck registered in Morocco.
  The driver of the vehicle, a 52-year-old man, was arrested. The seized drugs were handed over to the Customs Administration, while the suspect was taken into custody, at the disposal of the (…)

• Moroccan Police Seize 3.7 Tons of Cannabis in Major Drug Bust Near Azemmour
  8 September 2020, by Ginette

  A repeat offender was arrested on Sunday by elements of the National Brigade of the Judicial Police (BNPJ). According to information provided by the Directorate General of Territorial Surveillance (DGST), the 37-year-old man would be linked to a criminal network active in the international cannabis resin trafficking.
  In a statement, the Directorate General of National Security (DGSN) indicated that the operation was carried out in coordination with the Royal Gendarmerie at the level of (…)

• Moroccan Police Seize Half-Ton of Cannabis at Tanger-Med Port
  26 June 2019, by Said

  Half a ton of drugs, more precisely, cannabis resin (chira), was seized, on Tuesday, June 25, 2019, by the police services, at the Port of Tanger-Med, in northern Morocco. The shipments were on board two international transport trucks.
  These two trucks were heading towards one of the European ports, indicates the General Directorate of National Security (DGSN), in a press release published on its Twitter account. According to this document, the two operations led to the arrest of the two (…)

• Spanish Couple Arrested at Ceuta Border with 345 kg of Cannabis Hidden in Motorhome
  21 July 2019, by Sylvanus

  In coordination with the Customs elements, the National Security Services operating at the Bab Sebta crossing point seized, on Friday, July 19, 2019, 345 kg of cannabis resin, on board a motorhome registered abroad and driven by a Spanish national.
  The goods were in the form of tablets. They were on board a vehicle registered abroad and driven by a Spanish national, accompanied by a woman of the same nationality, according to the General Directorate of National Security (DGSN).
  The (…)

• Moroccan Expat Arrested at Ceuta Border with $92,000 Worth of Hidden Drugs
  27 August 2019, by Bladi.net

  Worth 920,000 DH, this drug was transported in the vehicle belonging to a Moroccan residing abroad (MRE). To deceive the vigilance of the security forces, this package was carefully hidden in the ceiling of the car.
  Thanks to the thorough search of the elements of the Joint Brigade of the General Directorate of National Security and the Customs and Indirect Taxes Administration, the drugs were found and confiscated.
  As for the MRE, he was handed over to the Prefectural Brigade of the (…)

• Moroccan Expat Caught Smuggling $100,000 Worth of Cannabis into Ceuta
  31 August 2019, by Sylvanus

  98 kilograms of cannabis. This is the quantity of drugs seized by elements of the Joint Control Brigade of the General Directorate of National Security and the Administration of Customs and Indirect Taxes, reports the MAP.
  According to the same source, this quantity of drugs, valued at 980,000 DH, was hidden in a vehicle registered abroad.
  The elements of the Joint Brigade of the General Directorate of National Security and the Administration of Customs and Indirect Taxes were able to (…)

• Tunisian Woman Arrested at Casablanca Airport for Smuggling Chira
  14 September 2019, by Ginette

  Systematic screening at airports continues to pay off. The significant amount of chira, seized from a Tunisian passenger on September 10 at Mohammed V International Airport in Casablanca, is tangible proof of this.
  It was when boarding a flight to Tunis that the Tunisian woman was arrested after a search that led to the seizure of 28 grams of chira in the form of 4 capsules hidden in her underwear.
  After this discovery, the possibility that she was transporting more drugs in her (…)

• Moroccan Expat Caught Smuggling 10kg of Hashish in Child Car Seat at Ceuta Border
  17 September 2019, by Bladi.net

  The Joint Customs and National Security Control Brigade at the Bab Sebta crossing point thwarted, this weekend, an attempt to traffic 10 kilograms of chira, according to a statement from the General Directorate of National Security (DGSN).
  The ingenuity of the traffickers did not prevent the customs officers from discovering the hiding place of the drugs. It was carefully packaged in a bag and hidden in a child car seat, reports the MAP.
  The defendant, an MRE residing in Spain, was (…)

• Moroccan Customs Seize 130 kg of Cannabis at Ceuta Border Crossing
  9 November 2019, by Bladi.net

  130 kg of cannabis resin (chira) were seized on Thursday, November 7, 2019 at the Ceuta crossing point, according to a statement from the Moroccan customs.
  This large quantity of drugs was discovered, according to the same statement, thanks to the thorough search of a vehicle registered in Spain.
  The same source reports that the driver, a Moroccan residing in Spain, had taken care to conceal the quantity of drugs inside a hiding place arranged at the level of the chassis and the trunk (…)