7.42 tonnes of cannabis seized in fertilizer truck at Guerguerat
Moroccan authorities seized 7.42 tonnes of cannabis hidden in bags of agricultural fertilizer in a Morocco-registered truck at the Guerguerat crossing near the Mauritanian border.
🇲🇦 Guerguerat crossing point, south of Dakhla · Morocco
Moroccan authorities seized7.42 tonnes of cannabis late on Saturday 11 March 2017 at the Guerguerat crossing point near the border with Mauritania.[1]The drug was packed in bags of agricultural fertilizer inside a Morocco-registered truck heading to an African country, according to a police statement.[1]Police named the destination only as an African country, and the newspaper published the police account on 13 March, two days after the Saturday-night seizure.[1]
The report notes that despite a decade of efforts against cannabis farming, Morocco remained the world’s largest producer of cannabis resin.[1]
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