Water Theft Threatens Chefchaouen as Illicit Cannabis Farms Drain Resources

These anarchic dams installed in the watercourses of the province of Chefchaouen by notables, elected officials and traffickers, aim to divert water to irrigate kif plantations, confided to the daily Assabah a human rights activist who requested anonymity, deploring that these practices threaten the inhabitants of the region with thirst and "cause droughts that are immediately reflected in land prices".

"These maneuvers are orchestrated in full view of everyone, under the indifferent eyes of the provincial authorities," he further denounces, specifying that the perpetrators of these practices also resort "to the digging of wells to divert groundwater". The populations have not stopped alerting the competent authorities to these "mafia" practices and asking for their intervention. But so far, nothing has been done, we regret.