A routine check by customs officers in the Bielsa tunnel in the Hautes-Pyrénées led to the discovery of nearly 250 kilos of Moroccan cannabis in a car driven by a Canadian national.
The judicial police of Salé, in coordination with the General Directorate of National Territory Surveillance (DGST), arrested on Saturday two people, aged 35 and 39, suspected of being involved in a cocaine trafficking case.
A cocaine dealer put the security services of Rabat and Salé on alert last Sunday after, on board his 4x4, refusing a simple check. Gunshots were necessary in the operation that led to his arrest.
On Wednesday morning, on the road connecting Tetouan and Chefchaouen , an ambush by a customs brigade and reinforcements from the gendarmerie led to the seizure of 1,925 kg of hashish, worth about 19.25 million dirhams.
Moroccan security services arrested a Moroccan on Monday in Bab Sebta who was trying to smuggle more than 14 kg of cannabis in a... motorcycle.
Some 19 kilos of drugs were seized on Friday evening by customs services at Bab Sebta, in the north of the country, on board a vehicle driven by a Moroccan residing abroad.
The Franco-Moroccan rapper Mister You , whose real name is Younes Latif, has just done what appears to be a product placement for the Caliweed brand (whose products contain cannabis) in one of his Snapchat stories. He risks a lot.
A boat transporting a large number of cannabis crates ran aground on Friday morning on the coast of Gibraltar due to bad weather. The Gibraltar police seized more than 85 "Moroccan suitcases" washed ashore by the tide.
Some 980 grams of cocaine packaged in 81 capsules were extracted from the intestines of a national arrested two weeks ago at Mohammed V Airport in Casablanca.
The area devoted to cannabis cultivation in Morocco has stabilized over the past 10 years between 47,000 and 50,000 hectares.
Morocco has decided to use strong means to fight against drug trafficking. To this end, special units of the Royal Gendarmerie will soon be created to achieve this.
Just over two tons of cannabis resin (chira) were seized yesterday by the Royal Gendarmerie in Ksar Sghir , in northern Morocco.