
Moroccan Navy Seizes Over 1 Ton of Drugs in High-Speed Mediterranean Chase
A maritime patrol mission off the Mediterranean turned into a high-speed chase of a go-fast boat. The Royal Navy thwarted an attempt to traffic drugs.

A maritime patrol mission off the Mediterranean turned into a high-speed chase of a go-fast boat. The Royal Navy thwarted an attempt to traffic drugs.

The United States has just approved an order for 10 anti-ship missiles, of the AGM84L Harpoon Block II type, placed by the Royal Armed Forces of Morocco, worth $62 million.

The Royal Moroccan Navy coast guards provided assistance to eight Moroccan stowaways in the Mediterranean in the early hours of January 28.

Elements of the Royal Navy succeeded in thwarting a cannabis trafficking operation, by intercepting an inflatable boat off the city of Tangier , on Monday morning, January 27.

Around forty illegal immigrants were rescued off the coast of the province of Al-Hoceima by the Royal Moroccan Navy. They had crammed onto an inflatable boat that capsized at sea.

According to the GFP website, specialized in military affairs, the Kingdom of Morocco has the fourth largest naval power in the Mediterranean basin, surpassing Algeria, Spain and even France.

Two bodies of the 5 missing fishermen, reported missing on Saturday, December 28, 2019, were recovered off the coast of Safi .

The bodies of seven sub-Saharans were recovered Monday morning off Nador by the Royal Moroccan Navy. 70 migrants, luckier, were rescued while in distress on board a makeshift boat.

A small fishing trawler, with 16 crew members on board, sank off Tan Tan, in southern Morocco. The mobilization is total and the search continues to find the missing crew members.

An impressive chase was triggered off the Mediterranean coast between the Moroccan coast guards and a foreign pleasure boat. Two nationals, of English and Spanish nationality, transporting large quantities of cannabis , refused to comply with the orders of the royal navy.

329 migrants were rescued off the Mediterranean, from October 10 to 13, by the coast guards of the Royal Navy.

The Royal Moroccan Navy Coast Guard was able to rescue 247 migrants in the night of Friday, August 30 to Saturday, August 31. They were in makeshift inflatable boats.