Morocco Incinerates 8 Tons of Seized Drugs in Tangier Anti-Trafficking Operation
A large quantity of drugs and other illicit products seized by customs, the royal gendarmerie and the police, as part of the fight against international drug trafficking and transnational organized crime networks, was recently destroyed by incineration in a landfill on the outskirts of the city of Tangier.
In total, more than eight tons of drugs have been recently destroyed by incineration, in the presence of local authorities and security services, under the supervision of the competent prosecutor’s office. In detail, it is more than 4.359 tons of chira and cannabis, 4.206 tons of Kif, 18.80 kg of tobacco, 68.348 kg of cocaine and 336 grams of heroin, 62,282 psychotropic tablets, 525.25 kilograms of molasses for shisha and 6,167 packs of cigarettes.
The market value of the quantity of drugs destroyed and incinerated exceeds 11 billion dirhams, said Abdellatif Moustadrif, coordinator of the customs and indirect taxes administration in Tangier, to the Arabic-language website alyaoum24.com.
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