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• Spanish Drug Kingpin’s Right-Hand Man Sought in Morocco
  29 March, by Prince

  Jesús Heredia, alias el Pantoja, right-hand man and trusted man of the "Messi of hashish", is wanted by the judicial authorities of Ceuta for his alleged involvement in several cases of hashish trafficking.
  The Audiencia de Cádiz is looking for this criminal who escaped from prison while serving a five-year sentence for a drug trafficking case involving several personalities from Ceuta. The fugitive, known to be close to the "Messi of hashish", who is also said to be taking refuge in (…)

• Major Drug Trafficking Trial Opens in Spain: 152 Accused Face Staggering Sentences
  10 April 2023, by Prince

  The trial of Antonio Tejón "El Castaña", head of one of the most active Moroccan hashish trafficking networks in the Campo de Gibraltar, as well as 151 of his collaborators, will open at the provincial court of Cádiz. The prosecution has requested against them sentences of 1,787 years in prison and €15.18 billion in fines.
  The trafficker, even in prison in 2020, continued to lead his activities and to introduce Moroccan hashish bales on the Andalusian coast. The Andalusian Council has (…)

• Moroccan Authorities Incinerate 12 Tons of Seized Drugs in Al Hoceima
  13 November 2020, by Ginette

  The Boukidaren wholesale market was used as the site for the destruction of about 12 tons of drugs. These are mainly seizures made in recent months during several operations in Al Hoceima.
  This destruction operation was carried out under the supervision of a joint commission, chaired by the Deputy Prosecutor of the King near the Court of First Instance of Al Hoceima and composed of representatives of Customs, the National Security, the Royal Gendarmerie, the local authority, Civil (…)

• Civil Guard Officers Accused of Aiding Drug Smugglers in Ceuta for €120,000
  6 April, by Prince

  Civil Guard officers at the port of Ceuta would be accomplices of a drug trafficking network that was bringing in large shipments into the autonomous city from Morocco via a secret tunnel. They would have received 120,000 euros for this collaboration.
  The investigation opened after the discovery, on February 19 in Sebta, of the narco-tunnel following the seizure of large quantities of hashish in Algeciras, revealed the complicity of the Civil Guards of the port of the autonomous city with (…)

• Gibraltar-Based Moroccan on Trial for International Drug Money Laundering Network
  14 October 2024, by Sylvanus

  The trial of a Moroccan residing in Gibraltar, the head of an international network specialized in money laundering from international drug trafficking and its members, also of Moroccan nationality, continues before the Ceuta court.
  Since October 8, 2024, the members of the network have appeared before the Ceuta court of justice. The network is involved in the illicit transfer of money from international drug trafficking via pleasure boats belonging to famous Moroccan personalities, (…)

• Moroccan Drug Traffickers Employ Migrant ’Sherpas’ to Smuggle Hashish into Spain
  21 August 2022, by Prince

  Drug trafficking networks are showing ingenuity to continue to transport hashish from Morocco to Spain without risking getting caught. Their new find, having the drug unloaded by Moroccan migrants who make the journey on foot across fields and mountains.
  The Sherpas or "black feet" mingle with migrants arriving from Morocco on the coast of Cadiz in makeshift boats in search of a better future. But their real goal is to cross the strait to introduce hashish into the area between Algeciras (…)

• Drug Cartels Deploy Drones in High-Tech Smuggling Battle Across Gibraltar Strait
  26 April 2023, by Prince

  Criminals and the Spanish security forces use drones, but with diametrically opposed objectives. Drug traffickers use these devices to smuggle Moroccan hashish across the Strait of Gibraltar, while the Spanish authorities are trying to put an end to this illegal traffic by also using this technology.
  The criminal organizations dedicated to the Moroccan hashish traffic in the Strait of Gibraltar have managed to introduce thousands of tons of drugs into Spain from Morocco using speedboats, (…)

• Moroccan National Caught Smuggling Over 40,000 Euros at Tanger-Med Port
  4 February 2019, by Said

  The sum of 40,320 euros was seized on Sunday by customs services at the port of Tanger-Med, according to a customs source cited by the MAP.
  The Moroccan was trying to bring this sum into the country without the authorization of the Customs and Indirect Taxes Administration, the source said, according to which it was a thorough inspection of the luggage on an international bus from France that "allowed to get hold" of this money.
  The sum was seized and "the person was subjected to the (…)

• Antwerp Drug Baron Among Belgium’s Most Wanted Fugitives
  14 October 2019, by Sylvanus

  Rachid Bouazza, a Moroccan Resident Abroad (MRE), is an Antwerp drug baron. He is now on the list of the most wanted criminals in Belgium.
  At 55 years old, he is one of the 20 people whose name is on the list of the most wanted criminals ("Most Wanted") by the "Fast" team of the Federal Police, reports Belga.
  According to the same source, the Antwerp Court of Appeal had sentenced this drug baron from the Belgian port city to 20 years in prison on March 29 last. Six years earlier, he had (…)

• Dutch-Moroccan Man Wanted for Drug Trafficking Arrested at Spanish Border
  6 April, by Prince

  The Spanish police arrested at the Ceuta (Tarajal) border post a Dutch national of Moroccan origin wanted by Interpol for drug trafficking.
  The suspect was arrested on Thursday, during a routine check carried out by the Spanish police at the border between Ceuta and Morocco. By verifying his identity in the database, the agents discovered that the suspect was the subject of an Interpol red notice issued the same day.
  The Dutch national of Moroccan origin S. K was arrested as he was (…)