Moroccan rapper El Grande Toto was turned away on Thursday morning by the border police at Casablanca’s Mohammed V International Airport. He was notified of a court decision prohibiting him from leaving the national territory.
A truck from Spain transporting 1.4 tons of Moroccan hashish was stopped overnight from Sunday to Monday at the Saint-Jean-de-Védas toll booth on the A709, near Montpellier.
The Spanish police have dismantled a major hashish trafficking network from Morocco, based on the coasts of Cadiz and Malaga, with ramifications in other Spanish communities. In total, 21 people were arrested and 296 kilos of marijuana and 80 kilos of hashish were seized.
The Civil Guard has arrested in Malaga the right-hand man of Fikri Amellah, the Moroccan-born drug trafficker arrested in Barcelona last December and accused of supplying drugs to the clans of the Strait of Gibraltar.
Spanish National Police agents intercepted on a toll road on the Algeciras-Malaga AP-7 route two rental vehicles and a van transporting drugs to France. In total, 700 kilos of hashish were seized and the drivers of the two vehicles were arrested in Malaga.
The "Messi of hashish", a dangerous Moroccan hashish trafficker in Europe, is one of the most wanted criminals by Spain and Europe. Europol is asking for the collaboration of Spanish citizens to locate him.
The investigation opened by the Moroccan authorities after the arrest by the Civil Guard of two citizens of Ceuta, in possession of about 600 kilos of hashish hidden in a "Phantom" speedboat with Moroccan registration, revealed the involvement of security agents, police officers and officials in this drug trafficking.
Spanish National Police and Frontex agents arrested three Moroccans at the port of Tarifa in possession of nearly 140 kilos of hashish hidden in the trunk of a car. They were trying to smuggle the drugs into Spain from Tangier.
Elements of the police operating at the Tanger-Med port in coordination with customs services, thwarted an attempt at international drug trafficking on Thursday, August 25. The suspect is a Franco-Algerian.
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 national police and the customs surveillance service of the Tax Administration intercepted 130 miles off the coast of Huelva, a drug sailboat from Morocco with about 6,000 kilos of hashish. The three crew members were arrested.
The agents of the Maritime Service of the Civil Guard intercepted on Tuesday off the coast of Ceuta a "Phantom" type boat, registered in Morocco, with 17 bales of hashish weighing 560 kilos. The two occupants, known by the nicknames "Kubala" and "Paquirri", were arrested and placed in pre-trial detention.