In collaboration with the Moroccan police and judicial authorities, the Spanish police intercepted 20 tons of hashish hidden in boxes of peppers transported in refrigerated trucks from Morocco to the port of Algeciras. In total, twenty people, belonging to two criminal networks, were arrested.
The authorities at the Port Est in Reunion Island discovered 50 kilos of cannabis resin carefully hidden in the tires of new vehicles arriving from Morocco.
Moroccan authorities intercepted a cargo of hashish hidden in fish crates loaded onto a truck destined for the port of Algeciras at the port of Tanger Med.
The Civil Guards recently seized 1.7 tons of hashish from Morocco after a spectacular high-speed chase in the strait.
Customs agents, in collaboration with Moroccan police forces, arrested on Monday at the Bab Sebta border post, on the Moroccan side, a Frenchman in possession of 10 kilos of hashish, carefully hidden in his car.
The Spanish police, in collaboration with the General Directorate of National Security (DGSN) of Morocco, seized more than 11 tons of hashish during two operations carried out in less than a week in Malaga and Algeciras (Cadiz). Ten individuals involved in this drug trafficking were arrested.
The Moroccan authorities have arrested at the Beni Enzar border post a former civil guard (gendarme) in possession of 30 kilos of hashish carefully hidden in his car.
Moussa Azghanghan, better known as Moussa Le Rifain, one of the most wanted drug traffickers in the world, celebrated his wedding in grand style last August in the city of Zeghanghane, near Nador in Morocco. He reportedly managed to flee with his wife before the intervention of the Moroccan police forces.
Moroccan customs officers arrested three people, including Moroccans residing abroad, at the Bab Sebta border crossing who were transporting large quantities of hashish, carefully hidden in their vehicles. In total, 87 kilos of this drug were seized.
Moroccan customs officers arrested a Frenchman on Sunday as he was about to cross the Sebta border with 34 kilos of hashish hidden in his car.
The national police and customs agents operating in the port of Tanger Med intercepted a truck that was transporting 4.374 tons of hashish, hidden in oranges, destined for a European port. The drugs were seized and the truck driver was arrested.
Convicted to eight and five years in prison in 2019 in Versailles (Yvelines) for a cannabis trafficking operation, Brahim B. and his brother Lhassan appear to have resumed their activities upon their release from prison. The two brothers, along with eight other individuals, will be tried in September for a new drug trafficking case between Hauts-de-Seine and Essonne.