4.6 tonnes of cannabis seized in Casablanca export packages, two arrested
Moroccan police seized 4.635 tonnes of cannabis packed in 123 large packages ready for export by sea in Casablanca on 18 November 2023. Two suspects were arrested over alleged links to a network trafficking drugs and psychotropic substances by sea.
Moroccan police seized4.635 tonnes of cannabis in Casablanca on Saturday,
acting on the official MAP news agency’s account carried by both reports.[1][2]
The drugs were concealed in 123 large packages ready to be exported by sea
when officers intercepted them in Morocco’s largest city.[1][2]
Two suspects were arrested over alleged links to a drug trafficking network,
and an investigation was opened into their possible role in a criminal network
moving drugs and psychotropic substances by sea.[1][2]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Royal Gendarmerie officers in Kalaat Sraghna raided an olive grove bordering Marchouh commune, seizing hashish, cannabis ears and traditional spirit, and arrested one suspect. The gendarmes said investigations were continuing to identify and arrest the others involved.
Royal Gendarmerie officers in Larache province arrested two men caught crushing cannabis at Douar Mahir, in Bni Garfat commune, and seized 2.26 tonnes of kif, of which 1,360 kilograms were stems and 900 kilograms already crushed material. The two were held in police custody under a prosecutor's inquiry, and the seized cannabis was destroyed under a mixed commission.
Royal Gendarmerie officers arrested four men and seized more than two tonnes of kif and smuggled tobacco from three vehicles in the Aoulouz area of Taroudant province, Morocco. The four were held on the public prosecutor's orders for an inquiry into where the shipment came from and where it was going.
Police in Tinghir province stopped a car on the outskirts of Boumalne Dadès on 29 October 2026 and found 28 kilograms of chira, the cannabis resin known as hashish, hidden in its bodywork. Four people, two of them women, were arrested and remanded to Ouarzazate prison, and investigators suspect one woman's husband directed the network from his cell.
