It was in Keliaa, a small town near Agadir , that the anti-gang brigade put an end, on Wednesday, to the long run of the "Pablo Escobar", who had long terrorized the entire region.
During his appearance before the court of first instance of Marrakech , the son of Salafist preacher Mohamed Maghraoui, imprisoned for possession and consumption of drugs, confessed.
Six individuals, including three repeat offenders, were arrested on Friday in Agadir. They would be involved in a criminal network trafficking two tons and 890 kg of cannabis resin.
Investigators from the judicial police in Evry (Essonne) carried out, on Thursday, December 10, the seizure of a ton of Moroccan cannabis and the arrest of nine individuals belonging to the same network.
A settling of scores would be the origin of an assault that occurred last week in Fnideq , in northern Morocco. A man would have been targeted by a drug trafficking network, led by the president of a football club, according to the results of the police investigation.
Many Moroccans see the Kingdom on the path to legalizing cannabis, following its vote on Wednesday, December 2, to remove this narcotic from the list of the most dangerous drugs.
The Commercial Court of Tangier ordered, on November 17, a protective seizure of the ship Tanger Express, owned by the FRS company. A large quantity of drugs had been found on this ship.
While a Moroccan sentenced to six years in prison in Spain for importing 3 tons of drugs should serve the remainder of his sentence in Belgium, a judicial blunder between the two countries allows him to no longer return to prison.
The judicial police of Seine-Saint-Denis seized 480 kg of cannabis resin in a warehouse in Courbevoie on November 26. Five alleged traffickers were arrested and then indicted "for money laundering, criminal conspiracy, transport, possession, acquisition and importation of drugs".
Morocco is the only country in the MENA region to have voted for the removal of cannabis from the list of hard drugs during its 63rd session of the United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) held on Wednesday, December 2 in Vienna.
Cooperation between Morocco and Spain in the fight against crime has received the approval of the Spanish Senate. The two countries now have the latitude to find the appropriate strategies to overcome this problem.
More than 14 tons of drugs have been destroyed in the vicinity of Tangier . These are the drugs seized during this year, during several operations carried out by the public forces.