About 6.5 tons of cannabis resin, nearly 7 tons of flavored tobacco (maassel), 110,806 packs of cigarettes, about 58 kg of ground tobacco and 193 psychotropic tablets were destroyed at the controlled landfill of Al Argoub (province of Oued Eddahab).
The city of Ceuta aims to change its economic model to turn towards Europe. With the disappearance of the smuggling trade with Morocco, the inhabitants want to join the European customs union but without losing their tax advantages.
The local authorities of the city of Fnideq, in northern Morocco, have just announced the start of the construction work of the Haidara industrial zone, and this after the completion of the technical studies. The establishment of this industrial zone comes after the definitive cessation of smuggling with Sebta.
The closure of the borders of Ceuta and Melilla has caused a surge in Moroccan customs revenues. Proof that smuggling was really undermining the Moroccan economy.
Spain is developing a socio-economic and commercial plan for the cities of Ceuta and Melilla. The borders with Morocco will be redesigned under this plan to prevent the resumption of smuggling after the reopening.
The ["mule women"] who shuttle between Morocco and Sebta have benefited from training and project financing, after the definitive cessation of smuggling activities.
A repeat offender aged 38 was arrested on Wednesday by elements of the prefectural judicial police service in Tangier, for his alleged involvement in drug trafficking and smuggled alcoholic beverages .
Ceuta and Melilla "cannot live by turning their backs on Morocco," assured Thursday Kissy Chandiramani (PP) and Dunia Almansouri (CPM), announcing a metamorphosis of the border at its reopening.
In 2021, the penetration rate of smuggled cigarettes on the Moroccan market reached 1.91%, up from 2020, according to a press release from the Customs and Indirect Taxes Administration (ADII).
The economy is in the doldrums in Ceuta . The main activities are suffocated in favor of the fight against illegal immigration. The halt in smuggling, tourism, and food have plunged the inhabitants of the enclave into despair.
Alerted by Interpol, the Moroccan police are investigating a mafia that illegally imports large quantities of botulinum toxin "botox" and sells it on the market without respecting the prescribed health rules. It is striving to put an end to this smuggling.
Morocco has about 700,000 adult drug addicts, a large proportion of whom are young people. This is revealed in a report by the Special Commission on the Development Model (CSMD) on the use of cannabis in the kingdom where the prevalence of cannabis use is between 4 and 5%.