In Agadir, two people, aged 37 and 39, were arrested by the local security agents at a road checkpoint .They were on board a truck and a car. Search of their vehicles led to the seizure of one ton and 376 kg of cannabis. In Nador, the security services seized the same day 1.486 ton of cannabis. The drug haul was discovered in a truck with fake number plates abandoned by its driver near an industrial zone. Searches carried out within the framework of the case enabled police to arrest five would-be migrants.

Source: The North Africa Journal August 17, 2020 19:07 UTC