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• Massive Cannabis Shipment Washes Ashore in Gibraltar After Boat Rescue
  3 February 2019, by Amine

  A boat transporting a large number of cannabis crates ran aground on Friday morning on the coast of Gibraltar due to bad weather. The Gibraltar police seized more than 85 "Moroccan suitcases" washed ashore by the tide.
  Very early on the morning of February 2, a drifting boat off Gibraltar sent out an SOS that was intercepted by the Spanish coast guard. They go to the scene and manage to rescue three people, who are immediately taken to a hospital in Algeciras.
  The boat, on the other (…)

• German Smuggler Arrested at Gibraltar Border with Moroccan Drugs
  29 August 2019, by Kamal

  The Gibraltar customs services managed to apprehend a German national at the Spanish border. The individual was in possession of a large quantity of drugs from Morocco.
  Arriving on a boat from Tanger-Med, the individual, of German nationality, intended to smuggle cannabis resin and psychotropic tablets into Gibraltar.
  According to Tanja24, citing local sources, the German national intended to sell his merchandise on British territory. He was prosecuted on charges of drug trafficking. (…)

• Moroccan Navy Intercepts Suspected Drug Boat in Mediterranean Chase
  12 March 2019, by Said

  An anti-drug operation was carried out on Monday by agents of the Royal Moroccan Navy in the Mediterranean to try to intercept a boat suspected of drug trafficking.
  Very few details have been provided by the authorities but according to a military source quoted by the MAP, a coast guard vessel supported by a Royal Navy helicopter chased a cormoran northeast of Ras Kebdana, near Nador, following suspicions of drug trafficking.
  The boat was boarded and the pilot, whose nationality has not (…)

• Royal Navy Seizes 500 Kilos of Cannabis Resin Off Tangier Coast
  22 March 2019, by Said

  Some 500 kilos of cannabis resin were seized yesterday, Thursday, by the Royal Navy off the city of Tangier, according to military sources.
  According to these sources cited by the MAP, it was 5 a.m. yesterday when the coast guards detected a suspicious inflatable boat off Tangier. It was suspected of drug trafficking and it turned out to contain 590 kilos of drugs that the traffickers had just thrown into the sea.
  However, no details were given on the number of people arrested by the (…)

• Belgian Court Sentences Dutch-Moroccan Man to 12 Years for Major Heroin Trafficking Ring
  28 June 2019, by Kamal

  A Dutch national of Moroccan origin was sentenced by the Ghent Court of Appeal in Belgium to 12 years in prison for setting up a drug trafficking network. He is accused, along with his cousin, of having sold more than 210 kilos of heroin, and of causing the death of 3 people who died of overdose.
  The 43-year-old individual and his 22-year-old cousin were involved in a hard drug trafficking network operating between Belgium and the Netherlands. The two men were arrested on November 14, (…)

• Moroccan Customs Seize 460 kg of Cannabis in Expatriate’s Car at Tangier Port
  28 August 2019, by Kamal

  An attempt to traffic cannabis resin was thwarted by the Moroccan customs at the Port of Tangier on Tuesday, August 27. A couple of Moroccans residing abroad (MREs) tried to smuggle a quantity of 460 kilograms, carefully hidden in the bodywork of their 4x4 car, in the form of slabs.
  According to a statement from the General Directorate of National Security (DGSN), the customs services at the Port of Tangier were assisted by dogs during the control operation.
  The statement adds that the (…)

• American Drug Mule Dies in Casablanca Hospital After Airport Arrest
  14 March 2020, by Bladi.net

  An American citizen of Lebanese origin, involved in the trafficking of cocaine capsules in his intestines, died on Thursday at the University Hospital of Casablanca.
  After suspecting him of transporting drug capsules in his intestines, the national security services at Mohammed V International Airport intercepted this 66-year-old individual upon his arrival on a flight from São Paulo airport in Brazil, and bound for Cairo International Airport, according to a statement from the General (…)

• Nigerian Traveler Arrested at Casablanca Airport with 5 kg of Cocaine from Brazil
  14 January 2019, by Said

  A Nigerian national was arrested on Sunday by the police at the Mohammed V Airport in Casablanca on charges of drug trafficking.
  According to the General Directorate of National Security (DGSN), the suspect was apprehended upon his arrival at the airport on a flight from Sao Paulo, Brazil, in possession of 5.13 kilograms of cocaine hidden in his personal luggage.
  The suspect has been taken into custody pending his appearance before a judge, the DGSN said.
  The last arrest for drug (…)

• High-Speed Chase in Rabat: Cocaine Dealer Flees Police, Gunshots Fired
  14 February 2019, by Amine

  A cocaine dealer put the security services of Rabat and Salé on alert last Sunday after, on board his 4x4, refusing a simple check. Gunshots were necessary in the operation that led to his arrest.
  The cocaine dealer would have only attracted the attention of the law enforcement agents because he was consuming cocaine in the middle of the Hassan district of the capital Rabat. They approached him and asked him for his identity papers. That’s when he took off at full speed. One of the (…)

• Spanish Police Arrest Moroccan Drug Trafficking Suspect Wanted by France
  13 April 2019, by Said

  Pursued in several drug trafficking cases by the French authorities, a Moroccan has just been arrested by the Spanish police in Tarifa, in the south of the country.
  Aged 38 and legally residing in Spain, the man was the subject of a European arrest warrant issued by France for "drug trafficking offenses and participation in an international organization," reports the Europa Press agency.
  According to the same source, the suspect was planning to leave Spain and return to Morocco. The (…)