Acquitted of complicity in importation and criminal association, a drug trafficker arrested in Morocco and extradited to France was convicted of complicity in drug possession.
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 .
Belgium expects the extradition of a Moroccan-origin drug lord arrested at Dubai airport. He had been sentenced to eight years in prison as part of the "The Figure" case, an investigation into the organization led by drug lord Hoesny A., 43 years old.
The flight of the Antwerp drug baron Othman El Ballouti has come to an end in Dubai (United Arab Emirates). He was arrested, and Belgium now expects his extradition.
A truck registered in Morocco was intercepted in Meyzieu, near Lyon, in the night from Friday to Saturday, with an impressive quantity of cannabis resin on board.
The Spanish National Police has dismantled a drug trafficking network operating between Morocco and Spain. Their particularity? The use of drones to transport drugs , a phenomenon that seems to be growing in recent years between the two countries.
Wanted by the Moroccan authorities since September 2023 for having introduced large quantities of narcotics (ecstasy) into the kingdom, a criminal was finally arrested in Algeciras. He faces a ten-year prison sentence for drug trafficking.
The Bobigny correctional court sentenced Montacer Meziani to 8 years in prison on Monday in the context of the drug trafficking case in Canteleu, near Rouen (Seine-Maritime). The criminal will not appeal this judgment, according to his lawyer.
To launder money from drug trafficking, some criminal networks buy luxury smartphones in Melilla to resell them at competitive prices in Morocco.
Samir El Y., an Antwerp man in his fifties, was arrested in Morocco a month ago. Nicknamed "Patatje" or "Samir Turtle", he is suspected of international drug trafficking, particularly of ecstasy.
The Royal Gendarmerie Brigade of Berrechid, under the direct supervision of the regional commander of Settat, succeeded last Sunday in arresting the most dangerous drug baron, nicknamed "Ould El Fatemi", wanted under more than 30 arrest warrants.
After ten days of trial, the Beauvais court sentenced six of the nine defendants arrested in 2021 for drug trafficking, among other things. Suspected of being on the run in Morocco, Atik J., the alleged leader of the network, was sentenced in absentia to ten years in prison.