5.9 tonnes of cannabis resin seized at Guerguerat crossing
Moroccan authorities seized 5.9 tonnes of cannabis resin hidden in a truck at the Guerguerat crossing with Mauritania on 14 October 2019, arresting the driver and two other people. The truck was heading to West Africa.
Moroccan authorities seized5.9 tonnes of cannabis resin at the Guerguerat border crossing with Mauritania on Monday 14 October 2019, one of the largest catches of that year.[1]The resin was concealed in a truck heading to West Africa.[1]
The driver was arrested along with two other people.[1]Police had to fire their weapons to stop the suspects’ car.[1]
The seizure followed the interception of two tonnes of cannabis resin in Fez days earlier, with three arrests there.[1]Police and customs also seized 2.2 tonnes of resin hidden in an international transport truck at Tanger-Med port the same Monday, arresting its Spain-bound driver.[1]Moroccan authorities seized 19.2 tonnes of cannabis in the whole of 2018.[1]
Case data
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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.
