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• 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 (…)

• Major Drug Bust: 1.6 Tons of Cannabis Seized in Franco-Spanish Police Operation
  5 July 2019, by Bladi.net

  An investigation jointly conducted by Moroccan and Spanish police led, on Wednesday, July 3, 2019, in Béziers, in the Hérault, to the seizure of 1.6 tons of cannabis resin and the arrest of 6 people, all members of the same family clan.
  Moroccan and Spanish police made a spectacular discovery! An important logistics platform for narcotic products near Béziers, describes France Tv Info, which mentions an enormous seizure: 1.6 tons of cannabis resin, estimated at nearly 6 million euros! (…)

• 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 (…)

• Drug Traffickers Evade Spanish Coast Guard in Gibraltar Strait
  3 September 2019, by Bladi.net

  Constantly monitored, the Strait of Gibraltar is the circuit par excellence used by drug traffickers to hug the coast and flood Europe. With substantial means, they are the target of the Spanish Guardia civil and police.
  Night is the ideal time for these traffickers to operate. The heavy means of the Spanish coast guards do not impress the dealers who, aboard their boats called "lanchas" by the Spaniards, use subterfuges to escape them in complete tranquility, reports Paris Match.
  The (…)

• Massive Drug Bust in Agadir: 1.7 Tons of Chira and 700 Ecstasy Tablets Seized
  22 September 2019, by Ginette

  The Agadir police arrested four individuals involved in an international drug trafficking network. These arrests were possible, following information provided by the General Directorate of Territorial Surveillance (DGST). It was during two separate operations, based on this information, that the investigators seized more than 1.7 tons of Chira and 700 ecstasy tablets.
  Four individuals with criminal records were stopped by elements of the General Directorate of Territorial Surveillance (…)

• Two Arrested in Drug-Related Double Homicide Near Nîmes, France
  22 September 2019, by Bladi.net

  The case of the double murder of two young people in Marguerittes, near Nîmes, last June, has new twists and turns. The justice system has just apprehended two individuals involved in this case, after three months of investigation.
  Three months after this double homicide that occurred in Marguerittes, we learn more about its ins and outs. Indeed, the justice system has just indicted two suspects.
  The facts date back to the night of June 15 to 16 when two men of Moroccan origin had been (…)

• Spanish ’Lord of the Port’ Drug Kingpin Arrested in Major Cocaine Trafficking Bust
  16 December 2019, by Sylvanus

  The Civil Guard proceeded, on Saturday, December 14, to the arrest of a Spaniard, who was involved in the large-scale distribution of cocaine to criminal organizations in Colombia, Morocco and France from the port of Algeciras, in southern Spain.
  The drug baron is a 54-year-old Spaniard involved in drug trafficking since a young age and nicknamed El Señor del Puerto, "the Lord of the Port", according to a statement from the Civil Guard.
  According to the same source, the drug trafficker (…)

• Moroccan Police Seize 589 kg of Cannabis in Major Drug Bust Near Agadir
  25 February 2020, by Sylvanus

  The judicial police, in coordination with the services of the General Directorate of Territorial Surveillance (DGST), proceeded, on Saturday, February 22, 2020, in the industrial district of Ait Melloul, to the arrest of a truck driver transporting 589 kg of cannabis resin. The suspect was arrested in the industrial district of Ait Melloul.
  According to the General Directorate of National Security (DGSN), the truck driver is a 49-year-old individual with multiple criminal records. The (…)

• Morocco’s Cannabis Farmers Propose Reforms to Development Commission
  26 February 2020, by Sylvanus

  The cannabis growers recently received a visit from a delegation of the Special Commission on the Development Model, led by its president Chakib Benmoussa.
  Ouezzane, Bab Berred, Chaouen. At each stage of the visit, the president of the Special Commission on the Development Model, Chakib Benmoussa and his delegation, exchanged with the cannabis growers, reports Al Massae. The latter told them that they live only from the cultivation and sale in the raw state of kif.
  Taking advantage of (…)

• Belgian Crime Boss Accused of Running Drug Ring from Moroccan Prison
  26 February 2022, by Ginette

  Sentenced in 2011 to twelve years in prison for his escape from the Bruges prison, the Belgian-Moroccan Ashraf Sekkaki continues to serve his sentence not far from Rabat. In a telephone interview with HLN, he discussed various issues concerning his prison life, and the accusations against him for drug, arms and other trafficking from prison.
  Ashraf Sekkaki is described as one of the most dangerous criminals in the world. Involved in numerous robberies and kidnappings, he has escaped from (…)