
Tangier Police Seize Thousands of Ecstasy Tablets in Major Drug Bust
The police arrested, on Sunday evening in Tangier, two individuals who would be involved in a case of possession and trafficking of drugs and psychotropic substances.

The police arrested, on Sunday evening in Tangier, two individuals who would be involved in a case of possession and trafficking of drugs and psychotropic substances.

A police sergeant and his repeat offender accomplice were arrested on Saturday evening in possession of cocaine doses. This seizure was made by the anti-drug brigade of the regional judicial police service of Al Hoceima.

Moroccan cannabis farmers will see their incomes increase if parliament were to endorse the current bill on the lawful uses of the psychotropic product. This is what the Moroccan Minister of the Interior, Abdelouafi Laftit, declared on Thursday in Rabat.

Morocco’s decision to soon authorize the cultivation and sale of cannabis for therapeutic use is a major development that will have to meet political, economic, social and cultural challenges, among others.

The coasts of Temsamane, Nador and Driouch were, on Tuesday, the scene of violent clashes between drug barons. During this violent confrontation, the drug cartels piloted by the traffickers nicknamed "Fouloulou", "Naciri" and "Jebli", used bladed weapons and firearms.

In Spain, four people were arrested following the dismantling of a cocaine manufacturing network specialized in the manufacture, production and trafficking of hard drugs partly destined for Morocco .

The former Moroccan international, Rachid Bouaouzan, will appear in court in Rotterdam this week for his alleged involvement in international cocaine trafficking and money laundering cases.

A 38-year-old Moroccan was arrested by the Spanish National Police in Estepona for drug trafficking and illegal possession of weapons. He was transporting a large quantity of cocaine and a semi-automatic firearm in a vehicle.

The Spanish police dismantled on Sunday a drug trafficking network in the north of the country. The operation led to the arrest of 13 people of Moroccan, Spanish, Bulgarian and Dutch nationality and the seizure of 700 kilos of cocaine and around 300,000 euros.

The judicial police elements of the city of Nador thwarted an attempt to traffic various types of narcotics. The operation was made possible thanks to precise information provided by the Directorate General of Territorial Surveillance (DGST).

Five individuals were arrested by elements of the Prefectural Criminal Brigade of Casablanca . They are accused of their alleged links with a criminal network active in cocaine trafficking.

The Antwerp police in Belgium arrested a 28-year-old Moroccan man during an operation in a warehouse used for drug trafficking. Four other suspects were apprehended and 1.7 tons of cocaine were seized.