Moroccan Customs

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• Moroccan Customs Clarifies Rules for Expats Importing Rental Cars
  21 July 2023, by Said

  The Moroccan customs has just published a new version of its guide dedicated to Moroccans residing abroad. A section dedicated to the import by MREs of rental cars. What is it about?
  MREs have the possibility to import from abroad and therefore drive in Morocco with a rental car. Here is what customs says exactly in its guide:
  "If you enter the country in a rental vehicle, the latter may be imported into Morocco under the temporary admission regime upon presentation to the customs (…)

• Spanish Driver Caught with 58 kg of Cannabis at Morocco-Spain Border Crossing
  26 August 2023, by Said

  A Spanish national, accused of drug trafficking, was arrested on Friday by customs officers at the Bab Sebta crossing point.
  According to a customs source quoted by the MAP, the Spaniard was transporting 58 kg of cannabis resin in his vehicle.
  The drugs were hidden in the form of tablets inside the fuel tank and dashboard of a vehicle registered in Spain that was about to leave Morocco.
  Placed in custody, he will be brought before the judge at the end of the investigation.

• Ceuta: a Frenchman arrested with more than 87,000 euros
  5 September 2023, by Said

  A French national was arrested on Sunday by customs officers at the port of Bab Sebta. The man was trying to bring a large sum of undeclared money into Morocco.
  In total, 87,840 euros undeclared to financial institutions (customs) were seized from the Frenchman who was entering Morocco in a car registered in France.
  This sum was hidden in sheets under a wooden board in the trunk of the vehicle, as well as in the driver’s personal clothing and luggage.
  The latter was handed over to the (…)

• Major Drug Bust: 60 Kilos Seized at Morocco-Ceuta Border Crossing
  1 July 2019, by Said

  Customs and Police services seized a large quantity of drugs at the border post of Bab Sebta, in northern Morocco.
  This seizure was made on Friday, June 28, 2019, on board a car, customs sources told the Map, according to which some 60 kilos of drugs were seized following a thorough search of a car registered in Morocco. It was about to go to Ceuta.
  Arranged in the form of tablets, the drugs were hidden by the traffickers in cavities located at the level of the vehicle’s chassis, the (…)

• Moroccan Authorities Seize 22 Tons of Potentially Harmful Spanish Juice at Port
  1 July 2019, by Kamal

  Large quantities of juice, from Spain, were seized by Moroccan customs services, at the end of last week. 22 tons of juice were intercepted at the port, after being deemed carcinogenic by the health services of the National Office of Food Safety (ONSSA).
  A large part of the batch was rejected by the health services of the ONSSA, for non-compliance with the standards of Decree 2.12.389, stipulating that the labeling must imperatively include the list of ingredients. Strict instructions (…)

• Morocco Destroys 7.8 Tons of Hashish in Major Drug Incineration Operation
  1 March 2024, by Said

  A major drug destruction operation took place in Settat. A joint commission, composed of representatives from the judiciary, customs, police, gendarmerie, civil protection and public health, proceeded to incinerate several tons of illicit substances.
  More than 7.8 tons of hashish, 100 kg of cannabis, 13 grams of cocaine, 5 kg of shisha tobacco, 1,600 units of hallucinogenic tablets (ecstasy and Rivotril) and 3.5 kg of powdered tobacco were destroyed.
  This operation is part of the fight (…)

• Moroccan Customs Seize Rifles and Luxury Watches at Beni Ensar Border Crossing
  4 March 2024, by Prince

  Customs agents at the port of Beni Ensar seized two hunting rifles and luxury watches on Saturday.
  According to local sources cited by Nadorcity, the two rifles, of the Gamo and Gamo Delta type, as well as the 66 watches, including 9 luxury ones, seized at the port of Beni Ansar, were found in a vehicle with Spanish registration heading to Morocco.
  The vehicle, a Renault Trafic, belonging to a Moroccan from the city of Oujda, was also seized, the same sources specify. As for the driver, (…)

• Morocco: The franchise sector in danger of death
  19 March 2024, by Prince

  The serial closure of franchises in the major cities of Morocco worries Mohamed el Fane, the president of the Moroccan Franchise Federation (FMF). He calls on the state to support this sector that is dying.
  More and more franchise stores have closed in recent months in major cities like Casablanca, Rabat, Marrakech, Tangier and Agadir, which are distinguished by their commercial and tourist attractiveness. "If this trend continues, we are heading towards a risk of 10 to 15% of store (…)

• Customs Seize 20 kg of Cannabis at Morocco-Spain Border Crossing
  4 July 2019, by Bladi.net

  An attempt to traffic 20 kg of cannabis resin has just been thwarted at the Bab Sebta crossing point, by a joint brigade of customs and police.
  Elements of the joint brigade of the General Directorate of National Security (DGSN) and the Administration of Customs and Indirect Taxes seized 20 kg of cannabis resin, reports the MAP.
  This significant seizure was made during a routine search of a utility vehicle registered in Morocco, which was about to return to Ceuta, the same source (…)

• Belgian Traveler Caught at Moroccan Border with €97,500 Cash and Loaded Gun
  5 July 2019, by Said

  A firearm and a large sum of currency were seized on Thursday, July 4, 2019, by the police and customs services, at the border post of Bab Sebta, in the north of the country.
  It is thus a question, according to a press release from the General Directorate of National Security (DGSN), of the sum of 97,500 euros, in bills of 100, 50 and 20 euros, found in a car registered in France, but belonging to a Belgian national. The money was hidden in various places in the car, the same source (…)