The trial of Francisco and Antonio Tejón, nicknamed "the chestnut brothers", considered by the authorities to be the biggest cannabis resin traffickers in the Gibraltar region who controlled 70% of the goods between Morocco and Spain and their accomplices opened in Algeciras, in the far south of the Iberian peninsula, last Monday and will continue until June.
The Cádiz court sentenced two Moroccan brothers, drug traffickers, to eight years in prison for having kidnapped and tortured their business partner for months.
Elements of the prefectural service of the judicial police of Tangier successfully thwarted an attempt at international drug and hashish trafficking on Sunday.
The Civil Guard of Tarragona has proceeded to dismantle two networks of Moroccan hashish trafficking to Europe. In total, 10 tons of drugs were seized, and 10 traffickers as well as 51 other people were arrested.
The Madrid police arrested on Tuesday a 47-year-old Moroccan man for mistreating and drugging his 41-year-old Moroccan wife and their two children aged 10 and 13, in an apartment located in the Villaverde Alto neighborhood.
As Pedro Sanchez is visiting Morocco, the Official State Gazette (BOE) has published this Thursday an agreement between Spain and Morocco on cooperation in the field of security and the fight against crime in all its forms (terrorism, illegal immigration, human trafficking and drug trafficking, etc.).
The Spanish Civil Guard has carried out a large-scale anti-drug operation in Majorca and Tarragona, leading to the seizure of 1,400 kilos of Moroccan hashish and more than 170,000 euros.
In Casablanca, four individuals, including three women, were brought before the courts for their alleged links to a criminal network active in human organ and drug trafficking .
The home of Moroccan Marzouk Doudah, a dangerous criminal from Antwerp, was attacked on Saturday by armed individuals on the Boomsesteenweg in Wilrijk, Belgium. No injuries were reported.
A Franco-Algerian, who was the subject of an international arrest warrant issued by the French authorities for drug trafficking, was arrested on Tuesday in Tangier.
In 2021, drug and illicit product seizures have sharply increased in Morocco, representing a total of 843 tons of cannabis and derivatives and about 3 tons of cocaine. In total, 99,761 cases related to drug trafficking were processed.
Former kickboxer Omar G., also an Antwerp drug baron, was arrested in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, at the beginning of the week. Belgium could request his extradition.