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• Danish Drug Trafficking Suspects Arrested in Tangier Following Interpol Warrant
  17 February 2020, by Bladi.net

  Drug and psychotropic trafficking. This is the charge against two Danish nationals, arrested on Friday in Tangier, after an international arrest warrant. Their arrest was made possible by an operation carried out by the elements of the prefectural service of the judicial police of Tetouan, jointly with the Judicial Police Brigade of the port of Tangier.
  These two Danish citizens, already in an irregular situation in Morocco, were apprehended in the city of the Strait.
  A press release, (…)

• Drug Gang Clash in Ghent: Tunisian Traffickers and Moroccan Youths Arrested
  13 May 2020, by Laila

  A fight between two Tunisian drug traffickers and two young Moroccans escalated on Sunday evening in Ghent, Belgium.
  According to the Belgian media, three people were arrested by the police, who came in force to put an end to the conflict.
  A police spokesman said the fight had broken out in a night shop. No injuries were recorded.
  "Young people surprised the traffickers in the street. They called the police and the traffickers tried to flee, before hiding in the night shop. [...] It (…)

• Massive Drug Bust: 7 Tons of Cannabis Seized in Kenitra, Morocco
  26 March 2021, by Jonas

  Some 7 tons of cannabis resin were seized on Thursday by the police services of the city of Kenitra. This new police intervention comes just hours after the seizure of 2 tons of drugs in the same city.
  According to the General Directorate of National Security (DGSN), a joint team from the prefectural judicial police service of Kenitra and the General Directorate of Territorial Surveillance (DGST), during intense investigations, seized 6.9 tons of drugs a few kilometers from Kenitra, (…)

• Beachgoers Help Capture Drug Smugglers in Spanish Coast Bust, 700kg Hashish Seized
  16 August 2021, by Prince

  The Civil Guard, thanks to strong citizen collaboration, proceeded to arrest two men, suspected drug traffickers, in Granada. In total, more than 700 kilos of Moroccan hashish were seized.
  The traffickers, coming from Morocco on a small fishing boat, were being chased by a ship from the maritime section of the Civil Guard. They managed to reach the shore and continued their race on foot on the Mecilena beach before being trapped by bathers, one of whom, a sergeant of the Civil Guard, was (…)

• 11-Year-Old Girl Killed in Antwerp Drug-Related Shooting
  11 January 2023, by Sylvanus

  An 11-year-old girl whose uncle is said to be a Moroccan drug trafficker was killed on Monday in Merksem (Antwerp) in a shooting. It would be a settling of scores in the drug trade.
  On Monday, a Moroccan family was targeted. The local police announced that an 11-year-old girl was killed, after shots were fired at a house in the Antwerp district of Merksem, reports Belga. The targets of the assailants were a garage door behind which a living room converted into a living room and kitchen (…)

• Moroccan Police Probe Business Leaders for Drug Money Laundering Scheme
  8 August 2019, by Sylvanus

  The police are conducting an investigation into a money laundering case. It has set out to trace the managers of certain Moroccan companies involved in an international drug trafficking.
  The turnover and volume of activities of several Moroccan companies are literally contradictory. The audit of the accounts of these companies, specialized in import-export and real estate development, in Tangier, Nador and Casablanca, revealed the existence of unjustified financial flows, reports 360.ma. (…)

• Wanted Drug Trafficker Disarms Gendarme and Flees in Casablanca
  20 November 2019, by New

  A drug trafficker wanted for some time fled last Saturday in Casablanca, taking the weapon of the gendarme trying to arrest him.
  The gendarmerie officer was on a mission for the Aïn Sbaâ brigade in Casablanca for a traffic accident case that occurred in Tit Mellil. Not far from the accident site, he noticed the presence of the wanted drug trafficker, with his Audi vehicle.
  According to the newspaper Al Akhbar, when trying to take advantage of the opportunity to arrest him, the (…)

• Family Convicted in Grisly Murder of Father Found Walled Up in Tangier Home
  11 December 2024, by Said

  A sordid family drama unfolded in Tangier, where a family was convicted for the murder of the father, whose body was found walled up in their home.
  Thus, the eldest son, Mohamed A., was sentenced to life imprisonment, while his mother, Fatima T., was sentenced to 25 years in prison. Two other brothers were sentenced to 20 years in prison, two others to 3 years and a friend of the son to 6 years.
  The case revealed a tangle of crimes ranging from murder to concealment of evidence, as well (…)

• Spanish Drug Kingpin’s Right-Hand Man Sought in Morocco
  29 March, by Prince

  Jesús Heredia, alias el Pantoja, right-hand man and trusted man of the "Messi of hashish", is wanted by the judicial authorities of Ceuta for his alleged involvement in several cases of hashish trafficking.
  The Audiencia de Cádiz is looking for this criminal who escaped from prison while serving a five-year sentence for a drug trafficking case involving several personalities from Ceuta. The fugitive, known to be close to the "Messi of hashish", who is also said to be taking refuge in (…)

• Cheap Cocaine Alternative ’L’boufa’ Fuels Health and Crime Concerns in Morocco
  5 February 2024, by Sylvanus

  Morocco could face a serious health crisis and an increase in incidents of violence and crime due to the rapid spread of the [drug "l’boufa" or "poor man’s cocaine">103699] that is silently destroying young Moroccans.
  The fight against the "Boufa" or "poor man’s cocaine" drug requires the strengthening of legal and institutional frameworks, and the imposition of harsher sanctions against traffickers, especially those involved in cocaine trafficking or those indirectly responsible for the (…)