Moroccan security services have seized 4.85 tons of cannabis and 6 kg of cocaine in separate anti-drug operations carried out lately in various cities of the Kingdom. Over the weekend, the police of Agadir intercepted a transport vehicle at the entrance of the city of Ait Melloul carrying 2.34 tons of cannabis. They also intercepted another vehicle in the same region transporting 1.74 ton of the illicit substance during the same period. However, he was nabbed in the Tamesna region (near Rabat) in his car in possession of one kg of cocaine. The probe is still underway with all arrested people involved in these drug smuggling operations under the supervision of the competent public prosecutor’s office to identify, track down and prosecute all the masterminds of these criminal activities.

Source: The North Africa Journal July 21, 2020 13:52 UTC