2 April 2025
Andalusia is under the grip of karkoubi or "drug of the poor". The health and police authorities of the Spanish autonomous community express concerns about the spread of this (…)
14 August 2024
The sale of Rivotril by pharmacies in Spain has more than doubled over the past five years, reaching nearly four million boxes sold each year. A good part of it ends up on the (…)
20 June 2024
A man was arrested on Tuesday upon his arrival at Al Aroui airport in Nador from Germany, for his alleged involvement in a case of karkoubi trafficking, the "drug of the poor" (…)
18 June 2024
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 (…)
30 January 2024
Thanks to Morocco’s security cooperation with its international partners and allies against drug trafficking, human trafficking and cross-border crime, two Moroccan gendarmes (…)
16 December 2023
Spain is facing a "new drug" from Morocco. Called "karkoubi" and very well known in the kingdom, it is often referred to as "the drug of the poor".
7 June 2023
Karkoubi, called the "drug of the poor" due to its low cost of preparation and sale, is increasingly consumed in Spain, especially by young people in whom it causes (…)
11 May 2022
The national police arrested a man in Zaragoza on Saturday in possession of fake prescriptions and about 2,000 Rivotril tablets, a drug used in the manufacture of karkoubi, (…)
7 March 2022
About 6.5 tons of cannabis resin, nearly 7 tons of flavored tobacco (maassel), 110,806 packs of cigarettes, about 58 kg of ground tobacco and 193 psychotropic tablets were (…)
1 January 2022
The police elements arrested Friday in Al-Batha, near Fez, two repeat offenders aged 21 and 37. They are brothers and would be involved in a case of possession and drug and (…)