A furniture store in Borgerhout, Antwerp, allegedly served as a front for a hashish trafficking operation between Morocco and Belgium . The drugs were allegedly transported hidden inside furniture, while some of the money was subsequently reinvested in Morocco.
Caught off guard by a patrol in the Bay of Cadiz, the pilot of a boat carrying 800 kilos of Moroccan hashish threw himself into the water. The vessel, left running, nearly ran him over before his rescue.
A network suspected of shipping drugs from Spain to France by parcel was dismantled during a police operation coordinated by Europol. Investigators discovered cash, narcotic products and documents linked to real estate properties in Morocco .
Belgian customs intercepted several tons of hashish from Morocco at the port of Antwerp. This unusual discovery actively relaunches investigations to unmask the recipients of this large shipment.
Four men were arrested near Tangier in an international drug trafficking case. Investigators seized 700 kg of hashish packaged in containers imitating watermelons.
Spanish police dismantled a network transporting drugs from Morocco to France . Eight people were arrested during this operation targeting an organization that used powerful drones to cross the Strait of Gibraltar.
The latest Spanish National Security report designates Morocco as the world’s leading hashish producer . Facing police pressure, criminal networks are adapting their routes and employing unprecedented violence.
Despite the legalization of cannabis for medical and industrial purposes in 2021, the underground hashish market continues to dominate northern Morocco. Illicit cultivation remains a major economic pillar for residents of the region.
One year after the launch of the regulated cannabis cultivation in ten Dutch municipalities, the experiment is considered positive. Despite a higher cost than Moroccan products, consumers are gradually abandoning the illegal channels for the controlled sector.
The Spanish Civil Guard has dealt a fatal blow to a particularly ingenious criminal network based in Almería. Under the cover of a passenger transport company, the organization was transporting hashish from Morocco to Belgium, hidden at the very heart of the air conditioning systems of the buses.
By the end of August 2025, the Moroccan police forces seized a total of 446 tons of narcotics, including 385 tons of cannabis resin and 61 tons of kif plants, as well as 788 kg of cocaine, 1.04 kg of heroin, and 1,259,662 psychotropic tablets, according to the latest report from the Ministry of the Interior.
The Guardia Civil has carried out the seizure of rifles originating from Morocco from members of a criminal organization that is trying to establish itself in the Huelva region. The pressure of the security forces in Algeciras and in the Strait has pushed drug traffickers to move to this area.