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.
A unit of the royal maritime gendarmerie, on patrol on the El Mersa beach near Ksar Sghir , succeeded on Tuesday in foiling an attempt to traffic more than 90 kilos of cannabis.
The announced presence of a US Navy base in northern Morocco is not to the liking of Algeria, which sees it as a way to weaken its navy.
In the absence of a repatriation proposal, it was decided to transfer the over 500 camper van travelers and their occupants stranded in Bab Sebta to Ksar Sghir.
Several hundred migrants, all of sub-Saharan origin, have been rescued in recent days by the Royal Navy in the Mediterranean.
A man crashed head-on into a gendarme this week as he was trying to stop him for speeding, to issue him a ticket. He was apprehended.
Just over two tons of cannabis resin (chira) were seized yesterday by the Royal Gendarmerie in Ksar Sghir , in northern Morocco.