Morocco is embarking on the conquest of the European medical cannabis market, with the ambition of becoming a leading player. The kingdom is aiming for a significant market share, between 10 and 15%, and intends to take advantage of the growing legalization of therapeutic cannabis in the European Union, where 21 of the 27 member states now allow it.
Moroccan kickboxer Jamal Ben Saddik has been arrested as part of an investigation into a case of kidnapping and assault in the drug milieu.
The Dar el-Tounsi neighborhood in Tangier was the scene of a spectacular shooting on Sunday. It would be a settling of scores against a backdrop of drug trafficking. An investigation is underway.
A man actively wanted for drug trafficking was arrested near Oued Loukous, in the Ksar El Kebir region. Considered one of the biggest hard drug traffickers in the country, he was the subject of fifteen national arrest warrants.
After go-fast boats, helicopters and drones, drug traffickers are using a new weapon: the jet ski. People smugglers of illegal immigrants to the Spanish coasts also use them. Based on this observation, the forces of the Royal Gendarmerie and the National Security in the city of Tangier have been instructed to strengthen controls on jet skis, especially during this summer period when these devices are numerous on the northern coasts of Morocco.
A new attempt at drug trafficking was thwarted on Friday at the Bab Sebta crossing point. The customs and police elements, during a joint operation, seized 39 kilograms of cannabis resin carefully hidden in a vehicle registered in Germany.
In Spain, the consumption by young people of Moroccan karkoubi, also called the "drug of the poor", worries the Spanish Society of General Practitioners and Family Physicians (SEMG) which has called for an end to the consumption of this hallucinogenic drug that can lead to suicide.
The Mocro Maffia would be behind the assassination of a man in Galicia, a city located in northwestern Spain. The victim, shot in broad daylight, would have been mistaken for his brother who was the target of the Moroccan mafia. The police lean towards a settling of scores related to drug trafficking.
The drug trafficker "Coluche" is being held in Morocco pending his extradition to France. He was the subject of a European arrest warrant issued in March 2023 against him by an investigating judge of the Pontoise judicial court, as well as an Interpol red notice.
The Spanish National Police arrested in Malaga a 41-year-old man, wanted by the Dutch authorities for drug trafficking, money laundering, murders and assaults.
Moroccan mothers are calling on King Mohammed VI to repatriate their daughters detained in Saudi Arabia. They are accused of prostitution, theft, and drug trafficking, among other things.
Four international drug trafficking networks, including the Mocro Maffia, are trying to expand their sphere of influence in Spain to escape police pressure in the Strait of Gibraltar.