Moroccan Customs

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• Belgian Man Arrested at Spanish Border for Illegal Firearms and Currency Smuggling
  9 July 2019, by Bladi.net

  A Belgian national was brought before the Court of Appeal on Sunday, July 7, 2019, for possession of firearms, ammunition and for trafficking a sum of money in foreign currency abroad.
  The defendant, aged 59, arrested on July 4, 2019, was preparing to join Spain on board a vehicle registered abroad via the Bab Sebta crossing point, reports the MAP, citing a statement from the General Directorate of National Security (DGSN).
  A firearm containing five cartridges, as well as a sum of (…)

• Morocco Tightens Border Controls to Curb Currency Smuggling
  14 July 2019, by Said

  The increase in the arrest of people with large sums of foreign currency at the Tanger-Med and Sebta borders has alerted the authorities, who have just strengthened the controls.
  To this end, a circular has just been sent to all agents of the Customs and Indirect Taxes Administration (ADII), reports the newspaper Al Massae, calling on them to be more vigilant during border controls.
  The newspaper recalls that several people have been arrested in recent weeks at Tanger-Med with large (…)

• Dutch National Arrested at Morocco Border with 72 kg of Cannabis
  28 March 2024, by Said

  The Moroccan police and customs thwarted, in the night from Tuesday to Wednesday, an attempt to traffic drugs at the Bab Sebta crossing point.
  Some 72.4 kg of cannabis resin were seized during a joint control operation carried out by customs, police and the canine brigade at the Bab Sebta crossing point.
  The drugs were hidden in various parts of a vehicle registered in the Netherlands, driven by a Dutch national.
  The vehicle and the drugs were confiscated by the authorities. The (…)

• Morocco Intensifies Airport Customs Checks to Combat Gold Smuggling
  25 November 2024, by Prince

  After recent seizures of large gold shipments, the control services of the Customs and Indirect Taxes Administration (ADII) have stepped up their investigations at airports to limit the smuggling of jewelry and gold objects and money laundering.
  The competent services of the ADII have strengthened the investigations, particularly at the Mohammed V and Marrakech-Menara international airports, to prevent the smuggling of jewelry and gold objects by foreigners, mostly of Arab and African (…)

• Moroccan-Spanish Woman Caught Smuggling 200,000 Euros at Border Crossing
  11 February, by Said

  A Moroccan residing abroad (MRE) was apprehended by customs services at the Sebta border crossing, in northern Morocco.
  Accused of attempting to smuggle currency, she had about 200,000 euros on her that she was trying to bring into Spain.
  According to sources cited by Alyaoum24, this Moroccan national, who also holds Spanish nationality, was in her car.
  As in such cases, the sum was confiscated by the customs services for an offense. She will have to justify the origin of the money (…)

• Customs Raid Uncovers Counterfeit Gold Jewelry in Casablanca Market
  17 July 2019, by Bladi.net

  In Casablanca, adulterated gold is invading the market. This is the alarming finding made by the Customs services, during a raid on jewelry stores (the kissariats of Derb Soltane), in the Prefecture of Al Fida Mers Sultan, to challenge smuggling.
  There would be large quantities of adulterated gold in a jewelry store in El Menjra, on the Al Fida boulevard, in the Prefecture of the Al Fida Mers Sultan districts, in Casablanca, reports the daily Assabah, quoted by Le360. Indeed, smuggling (…)

• Spanish Couple Arrested at Ceuta Border with 345 kg of Cannabis Hidden in Motorhome
  21 July 2019, by Sylvanus

  In coordination with the Customs elements, the National Security Services operating at the Bab Sebta crossing point seized, on Friday, July 19, 2019, 345 kg of cannabis resin, on board a motorhome registered abroad and driven by a Spanish national.
  The goods were in the form of tablets. They were on board a vehicle registered abroad and driven by a Spanish national, accompanied by a woman of the same nationality, according to the General Directorate of National Security (DGSN).
  The (…)

• Morocco Destroys 20 Tons of Cannabis, Millions of Cigarettes in Major Drug Bust
  21 July 2019, by Sylvanus

  The security services of Dakhla-Oued Eddahab have seized significant quantities of narcotics, cigarettes and contraband products. Under the supervision of a Joint Commission composed of representatives of the Public Prosecutor’s Office, public authorities, the Customs Administration and Civil Protection, these various products were incinerated on Friday, July 19, 2019.
  More than 20 tons of cannabis, 548 units of psychotropic tablets, 4,272,800 units of cigarettes, as well as more than two (…)

• Moroccan Police Seize 25 kg Cannabis, €30,500 in Separate Border Busts
  31 July 2019, by Bladi.net

  The General Directorate of National Security (DGSN) seized, on Sunday, July 28, 25 kg of cannabis resin, arranged in the form of tablets and hidden in the tank of the vehicle of a Moroccan residing abroad (MRE), registered in Spain.
  In the same context, another operation carried out on Saturday, July 28, 2019, made it possible to confiscate 30,500 euros from a Spanish national who was trying to take this sum out of Ceuta without the prior authorization of the Customs and Indirect Taxes (…)

• Customs Seize 162 Tons of Smuggled Fabric Worth 17 Million Dirhams in Morocco
  4 August 2019, by Bladi.net

  At the end of last week, the National Customs Brigade carried out searches and checks in clandestine warehouses, in Casablanca and Oujda. This surprise operation by the competent authorities resulted in the seizure of 162 tons of high-quality fabrics, according to the customs administration’s press release.
  By targeting an organized smuggling network, at the end of last week, the National Customs Brigade was far from imagining that it could hit the jackpot: 162 tons of smuggled fabrics, (…)