Over a ton of cannabis resin was seized by police on Tuesday at the port of Tanger Med. Two individuals suspected of belonging to an international drug trafficking network were arrested.
The trial of the drug supermarket in Saint-Ouen continues. On Monday, the prosecutor of the 13th correctional chamber of the Bobigny court (Seine-Saint-Denis) requested various sentences against the alleged head of the trafficking ring on the run in Morocco and other defendants.
Elements of the National Brigade of the Judicial Police (BNPJ) and the Royal Gendarmerie in the province of Nador are continuing their search to find a drug baron, the alleged mastermind of the murder of two people.
The Spanish police dismantled a criminal organization specialized in the theft of drugs from other traffickers for the purpose of resale in the cities of Alicante, Castellón and Murcia. In total, 18 people, including Moroccans, were arrested and 43 kilos of hashish seized.
The customs officers of the Narbonne brigade in France seized 325 kilos of cannabis resin hidden in a refrigerated truck registered in Morocco on the night of May 13 on the A9 in the Aude. The two occupants, of Moroccan origin, arrested, were sentenced to five years in prison.
Prosecuted in particular for "participation in the possession of a narcotic substance and export of drugs without a permit or license from the customs administration", a former MP from the National Rally of Independents (RNI) was sentenced to eight years in prison and a fine of 100,000 DH by the court of first instance in Zagora.
A very wealthy Moroccan businessman residing in Switzerland is suspected of drug trafficking and money laundering. He is under judicial investigation and constantly wears an electronic bracelet. He is also prohibited from leaving Swiss territory.
From January to March 2022, the police arrested 1,270 people, including 53 minors, for drug trafficking near schools, according to the Minister of National Education, Preschool and Sports, Chakib Benmoussa, during his appearance before the House of Representatives.
The national police arrested a man in Zaragoza on Saturday in possession of fake prescriptions and about 2,000 Rivotril tablets, a drug used in the manufacture of karkoubi , also called "the drug of the poor".
The Civil Guard has arrested 11 people, including Moroccans, in Gandía (Valencia), members of a criminal organization dedicated to drug trafficking to France, document forgery and money laundering.
The trial of the "drug supermarket" of Saint-Ouen opens this Monday, May 9 before the Bobigny (Seine-Saint-Denis) judicial court in the absence of the alleged head of the trafficking who left for Morocco in January 2021.
Suspected of involvement in drug trafficking from Morocco, the mayor of a commune in Seine-Maritime has been indicted for complicity. Last October, she had been arrested and held in custody as part of this case, before being released, without charge and without prosecution.