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• French Nationals Arrested in Morocco for Running Drug Operation from Garden Supply Store
  5 January 2019, by Said

  Two French nationals were arrested yesterday, Friday, in Tangier for their alleged involvement in a case of drugs and psychotropic substances.
  "The defendants used a plant seed and gardening equipment store to conceal the trafficking of chira and cannabis stems," says the General Directorate of National Security (DGSN) in a statement.
  It adds that the searches led to the discovery, inside the store, of more than 50 small plastic bags containing chira tablets ready for sale and envelopes (…)

• Spanish Police Dismantle Mocro Maffia Network, Seize €50 Million in Assets on Costa del Sol
  28 January 2024, by Prince

  The Spanish National Police this week dismantled the branch of the Mocro Maffia, the Moroccan mafia specialized in drug trafficking and organized crime in the Netherlands and Belgium, on the Costa del Sol. In total, 172 properties worth more than 50 million euros, as well as 3 million euros spread over more than 100 bank accounts, were seized.
  The Spanish police had been investigating for 6 years this branch of the Dutch Mocro Maffia that had settled on the Costa del Sol. This significant (…)

• Moroccan Court Sentences Two Men in Tourist Rape Case, Each Gets 6 Years
  21 September 2024, by Said

  The justice system has delivered its verdict in the case of the rape of a foreign tourist that occurred in Rabat last November. The two men involved were sentenced to six years in prison.
  The main defendant, head of a water sports association, was sentenced to four years in prison. His accomplice, present during the assault, was sentenced to two years in prison. The two individuals were found guilty of having drugged and raped their victim, a young student passionate about water sports. (…)

• Belgian Authorities Probe Moroccan ’Mocro Mafia’ in €367 Million Drug Money Laundering Case
  15 November 2020, by Sylvanus

  In Brussels, the federal prosecutor’s office is investigating the Mocro mafia suspected of having laundered 367 million euros. This sum of money transited through Belgium in a drug case.
  The Belgian justice system has issued three international arrest warrants against Moroccan, Spanish-Moroccan and Pakistani nationals, in this money laundering case, reports La Dernière Heure. Judge Michel Claise is in charge of this case for which the federal prosecutor’s office wants to send twenty (…)

• Moroccan Customs Seize Nearly 12 Tons of Hashish in Record Drug Bust
  11 April 2019, by Said

  Just under 12 tons of hashish were seized by the customs officers of Guerguerate, in the south of Morocco. The drugs were on board an international transport (TIR) truck.
  The details of this record seizure were revealed by the General Directorate of National Security (DGSN) in a press release. Thus, 11 tons and 940 kilograms of hashish hidden in kitchen furniture on board a truck driven by a Moroccan were seized at the border post with Mauritania.
  This truck was heading to an African (…)

• Moroccan Police Seize 600 Kilos of Hashish Hidden in Sewers, Arrest Two Suspects
  27 June 2019, by Amine

  The Judicial Police of the city of Zagora arrested two men and seized 600 kilograms of hashish. It was on Sunday, June 23, 2019. They had been hidden in the sewers of a nearby rural commune.
  Based on precise information provided by the Directorate General of Territorial Surveillance (DGST), the Judicial Police of Zagora were able to apprehend two people suspected of being involved in large-scale drug and psychotropic trafficking. They are, according to the media Goud, which is based on a (…)

• Morocco Destroys Over 4.5 Tons of Drugs in Tan-Tan Anti-Narcotics Operation
  24 November 2021, by Armel

  More than 4.5 tons of drugs and psychotropics were destroyed on Tuesday in Tan-Tan as part of the fight against drugs in Morocco.
  This quantity was seized in recent months during operations carried out at the level of the city.
  It is more than 4.55 tons of cannabis, 8,789 grams of kif, 1.5 grams of cocaine, 335 psychotropic tablets, 3,400 grams of powdered tobacco, 2.9 grams of shisha tobacco, and 860 liters of brandy.
  The destruction operation was carried out under the supervision of (…)

• Morocco Incinerates Over 9 Tons of Drugs in Major Anti-Trafficking Operation
  3 November 2019, by Bladi.net

  A large-scale operation to destroy by incineration a large quantity of drugs, alcohol and contraband goods was organized in Tan-tan, in southern Morocco. This significant seizure is the result of several operations carried out in the Guelmim-Oud Noun region, in the period from July 9 to October 17.
  According to the MAP, the destruction report indicates, as part of this operation, the incineration of more than 9.17 tons of chira, 8.86 kg of tobacco and 49.75 kg of kif.
  To carry out this (…)

• Moroccan Trucker Faces €3.5 Million Fine, Prison for Massive Cannabis Smuggling at French Border
  21 December 2023, by Said

  A truck driver of Moroccan origin has just been sentenced to pay a heavy customs fine in France. The latter was transporting a large quantity of cannabis.
  French customs agents arrested a truck driver transporting cannabis pollen. He was transporting 351 kilos of narcotics, and the judge fined him 3.5 million euros in customs duties. In addition to this fine, he was sentenced to three years in prison.
  On the evening of the incident, agents at the Perthus, a strategic border crossing (…)

• Moroccan Trucker Acquitted in 240kg Drug Bust at French Border
  24 December 2023, by Sylvanus

  The Perpignan court acquitted the Moroccan truck driver arrested by customs with 240 kg of pollen at the Salses-le-Château rest area during an unexpected check.
  The facts date back to mid-December. Coming from Morocco, a Moroccan truck driver crosses Spain before joining France. His final destination is Paris. Arrived in Salses-le-Château, he attracts the attention of the customs officers. With the help of a sniffer dog, they discover 240 kg of pollen hidden in the trailer of the truck. (…)