Morocco Cracks Down on Illegal Alcohol Ring Supplying Hotels and Restaurants

According to the daily Al Ahdath, the owner, better known as "Ouled Zahraoui", was supplied by a "baron" of alcohol. The latter, called the "Emperor of Alcohol", is the main supplier of small wholesalers, restaurants and hotel units throughout the kingdom. The two suspects, currently on the run, are the subject of a wanted notice.

This network, adds the newspaper, was dismantled thanks to the "Bacchus" operation, launched by the General Directorate of National Security. 9.23 million dirhams as well as a large quantity of adulterated and smuggled alcohol were seized during the search of several warehouses in the suburbs of Casablanca, in Had Soualem, Khouribga, Fqih Ben Salah, and Beni Mellal.

Pending new revelations on this case, the investigation, conducted jointly with the Customs Administration and the ONSAA, is ongoing under the supervision of the Public Prosecutor’s Office.