Morocco seizes 2.44 tonnes of cannabis near Al Hoceima
Moroccan security services stopped a car at a customs checkpoint about 35 kilometres from Al Hoceima on 7 November 2020 and found 2.44 tonnes of cannabis concealed in 91 packages inside the vehicle. The reports name no arrests and do not specify whether the cannabis was herbal or resin.
🇲🇦 Customs checkpoint 35 km from Al Hoceima · Morocco
Cannabis
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On Saturday 7 November 2020, Moroccan security services seized2.44 tonnes of cannabis near the northern city of Al Hoceima, as reported by the official news agency MAP.[1][2]The banned substance was concealed in 91 packages inside a car, which was stopped at a customs checkpoint about 35 kilometres from the city.[1][2]
What the reports do not say
Neither report names any arrest, charge or court outcome connected with the car or its load.[1][2]The reports also give no breakdown of the cannabis by form, and the seizure’s intended destination was not published.[1][2]
The reports name no arrests, charges or court outcome for this seizure.
The reports do not specify the form of the cannabis seized.
The same wire reports a separate Thursday navy pursuit in the Mediterranean in which smugglers threw 1.5 tonnes of cannabis into the sea, a different event left out here.
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