Gendarmerie seizes 7.5 tonnes of cannabis and arrests three in Chefchaouen
Morocco's Royal Gendarmerie searched two houses in Chefchaouen province and seized nearly 7.5 tonnes of cannabis material, including 82 kg of cannabis resin, arresting three suspected traffickers. The operation was reported from Rabat in November 2008.
Morocco’s Royal Gendarmerie searched two houses in Chefchaouen province, in the
Rif mountains, and seized about six tonnes of ground kif with stems, 400 kg of
kif waste and 82 kg of chira, cannabis resin.[1]Three suspected traffickers
were arrested during the searches; the report, attributed to an official source
in Rabat, did not publish their identities.[1]It described the haul as nearly
7.5 tonnes of drugs.[1]The report gives no date for the searches beyond the
article’s 22 November 2008 publication, and says nothing about charges or what
happened to the three detainees afterwards.[1]
A Rif trade
The same account said Morocco had seized 35 tonnes of hashish the previous year,
valued at 140 million euros on the European market.[1]It described cannabis
as cultivated in the Rif since the 15th century and supporting about 800,000
Moroccans, who drew only some US$214 million a year from a trade whose worldwide
turnover it put at US$12 billion.[1]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
The article gives no day for the house searches; 22 November 2008 is its publication date.
The three arrested traffickers are not named and no charges or court outcome are reported.
The stated components, about six tonnes of kif, 400 kg of kif waste and 82 kg of resin, sum to about 6.5 tonnes against the headline's nearly 7.5 tonnes.
Only one outlet's account could be opened; no agency communique or second newsroom confirms the details.
No photograph of the seizure with a recoverable direct image address was found in the opened source.
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A joint police operation in Ouezzane province seized more than 13 tonnes of cannabis and cannabis powder plus over 70 kilograms of hashish from a house near Zoumi, after the arrest of a man with seven national police signals. The suspected main supplier was absent during the search and is wanted under a national warrant.
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.
