
Moroccan Customs Destroys Major Drug Haul in Casablanca Operation
An operation to destroy a significant quantity of drugs and various contraband products took place on Thursday at the Médiouna landfill, in the suburbs of Casablanca .

An operation to destroy a significant quantity of drugs and various contraband products took place on Thursday at the Médiouna landfill, in the suburbs of Casablanca .

An international drug trafficking operation was thwarted in Guelmim, leading to the seizure of a significant quantity of cannabis resin.

Elements of the prefectural judicial police service in Casablanca thwarted on Friday evening an international drug trafficking operation. Several tons of cannabis resin were seized.

The elements of the national security and the administration of customs and indirect taxes, intercepted on Tuesday, at the port of Casablanca, a large quantity of cannabis resin on board international transport containers destined for a European port.

The regional judicial police service of the city of Errachidia, in collaboration with the General Directorate of Territorial Surveillance (DGST), arrested on Monday two suspects. They are accused of alleged involvement in a case of possession and international drug and psychotropic trafficking.

A criminal network active in the international drug and psychotropic trafficking was dismantled, on Saturday, by the security services in northern Morocco. 3.729 tons of cannabis resin were also seized by the police.

120 tons of cannabis resin were seized by the Moroccan security services between March and September 2020. The announcement was made by Abderrahim Habib, head of the central service for the fight against drug trafficking at the General Directorate of National Security (DGSN).

More than 4 tons of drugs have been seized by the police and gendarmerie forces since the beginning of the year in Errachidia.

The judicial police elements of Casablanca seized one ton and 933 kilograms of cannabis resin hidden in a utility vehicle. The operation took place on Tuesday, thanks to precise information provided by the services of the General Directorate of Territorial Surveillance (DGST).

A significant quantity of cannabis resin was seized and two traffickers arrested by a Royal Navy coast guard off Ksar-sghir, a military source reports.

Several tons of cannabis resin (chira) and prohibited products seized by police, gendarmerie and judicial police officers were destroyed by incineration last Thursday in Safi.

Inspection and border control operations on Thursday led to the seizure of 920 kg of cannabis resin hidden in the roof of a utility vehicle, registered abroad and about to board for a European country.