Morocco seizes 7 tons of cannabis resin at Guerguerat crossing
Moroccan authorities foiled an attempt to smuggle 7 tons of cannabis resin, known locally as chira, through the Guerguerat crossing on the border with Mauritania, finding it concealed in a large truck bound for sub-Saharan markets. The seizure was announced in a Moroccan police statement on 6 March 2020.
🇲🇦 Guerguerat border crossing, south of Dakhla · Morocco
Moroccan authorities foiled an attempt to smuggle 7 tons of cannabis resin, locally known as chira, through the country’s southernmost border crossing at Guerguerat.[1]The banned substance was concealed in a large truck bound for sub-Saharan markets, the Moroccan police said in a statement.[1]
The report noted that Morocco had seized nearly 72 tons of cannabis resin in 2018, along with 252 tons of majoun, a consumable product consisting mostly of cannabis, according to the International Narcotics Control Board.[1]In June 2019 the authorities had reported seizing 12 tons of cannabis and 800 kg of cannabis resin, with a further 600 kg found in sewage pipes in Taghbalt two weeks later.[1]
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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.
