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• Dutch-Moroccan Man Wanted for Drug Trafficking Arrested at Spanish Border
  6 April, by Prince

  The Spanish police arrested at the Ceuta (Tarajal) border post a Dutch national of Moroccan origin wanted by Interpol for drug trafficking.
  The suspect was arrested on Thursday, during a routine check carried out by the Spanish police at the border between Ceuta and Morocco. By verifying his identity in the database, the agents discovered that the suspect was the subject of an Interpol red notice issued the same day.
  The Dutch national of Moroccan origin S. K was arrested as he was (…)

• Antwerp Drug Baron Among Belgium’s Most Wanted Fugitives
  14 October 2019, by Sylvanus

  Rachid Bouazza, a Moroccan Resident Abroad (MRE), is an Antwerp drug baron. He is now on the list of the most wanted criminals in Belgium.
  At 55 years old, he is one of the 20 people whose name is on the list of the most wanted criminals ("Most Wanted") by the "Fast" team of the Federal Police, reports Belga.
  According to the same source, the Antwerp Court of Appeal had sentenced this drug baron from the Belgian port city to 20 years in prison on March 29 last. Six years earlier, he had (…)

• French Police Seize 2.5 Tons of Moroccan Cannabis in Major Drug Bust
  3 January 2019, by Said

  A great catch by the French police who seized about 2.5 tons of cannabis last week, presumably from Morocco.
  On December 26, the police got their hands on a utility van in Angers, in Maine-et-Loire, in which 2.5 tons of drugs packaged in 30 kg suitcases were hidden, reports the newspaper Le Parisien. The driver of the vehicle had been under surveillance for several months "based on wiretaps and surveillance".
  The next day, four men were arrested by the police in "various cities in (…)

• Moroccan Military Seizes 3,700 kg of Drugs in Sahara Border Operation
  9 January 2019, by Said

  Warning shots were fired by Moroccan soldiers last night at the defense line in Gueltat Zemmour, in the Moroccan Sahara.
  A military source quoted by the MAP indicates that a drug trafficking operation had been aborted by the Royal Armed Forces (FAR) which resulted in the seizure of 3,700 kilos of drugs.
  Last October, a mobile patrol of the FAR had opened fire on drug traffickers in the same place. The latter had left behind 12 packages of cannabis resin weighing 300 kg.

• Moroccan Authorities Seize Over 2 Tons of Cannabis in Northern Port Town
  15 January 2019, by Said

  Just over two tons of cannabis resin (chira) were seized yesterday by the Royal Gendarmerie in Ksar Sghir, in northern Morocco.
  According to sources cited by the site Alyaoum24, a unit of the Royal Gendarmerie seized this quantity of drugs on board a car. Suspecting suspicious activity by the driver, the gendarmes asked him to stop for a check, but he fled, leaving his vehicle in the hands of the gendarmes, where they found more than two tons of drugs.
  Last week, the police announced (…)

• Moroccan Army Scandal: 12 Soldiers Arrested for Aiding Drug Export Operation
  11 January 2019, by Said

  A case that stains the Moroccan army. Twelve soldiers were arrested for turning a blind eye to a drug export operation in Moulay Bousselham, in northern Morocco.
  The facts are reported by the newspaper Al Akhbar, which indicates that the twelve soldiers were presented this week to the public prosecutor’s office in Souk Larbaâ for having facilitated the departure of several tons of drugs via the beach of Moulay Bousselham.
  Still according to the daily, last Sunday, traffickers loaded (…)

• Moroccan Navy Intercepts Drug Boat, Arrests 3 Spanish Suspects in Northern Coast Operation
  16 March 2019, by Said

  A new anti-drug operation in northern Morocco has led to the arrest by the Royal Navy of three Spanish nationals, or at least holders of Spanish identity documents.
  A source quoted by the 2M channel indicates that a go-fast suspected of drug trafficking was intercepted on Thursday in the M’diq region during an operation carried out by the Royal Navy.
  And to add that the go-fast refused to comply and "tried to collide with the Moroccan coast guards, which forced the Royal Navy unit to (…)

• French Drug Trafficking Suspect Arrested in Morocco on Interpol Warrant
  28 April 2019, by Said

  Under an international arrest warrant issued via Interpol by the French authorities, a French national has just been arrested by the police in Essaouira. The Moroccan justice system must soon rule on his extradition.
  In a statement, the General Directorate of National Security (DGSN) indicates that it has arrested a Frenchman "who is the subject of an international search notice issued in 2017 by the judicial authorities of his country, for drug trafficking".
  Aged 38, the man was (…)

• Three Repeat Offenders Arrested in El Jadida for Ecstasy Trafficking During Lockdown
  4 June 2020, by Sylvanus

  The suspects were arrested at a roadblock at the entrance of El Jadida in flagrant violation of the state of health emergency, after they had come from the city of Kenitra in a light vehicle, according to a statement from the General Directorate of National Security (DGSN).
  The search operation proved fruitful. In total, 2,930 "ecstasy" type psychotropic tablets and a sum of money that could be from this criminal activity were seized, the same source said.
  Pending the elucidation of this (…)

• Spain Arrests Moroccan Drug Lord Wanted by France for Two Years
  3 June 2019, by Bladi.net

  Last Saturday, the arrest in Elche, in eastern Spain, of a Moroccan drug trafficker was reported by the Spanish National Police. This seems to fulfill the expectations of the French authorities who had been looking for him for more than two years.
  The arrest of this Moroccan drug trafficker is a relief for the French police who had been trying to track him down for more than two years.
  A press release relayed by the EFE agency and several other Iberian media states that the 41-year-old (…)