One held after Kalaat Sraghna gendarmes seize hashish and cannabis in an olive grove
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.
🇲🇦 Olive grove next to Marchouh commune, Kalaat Sraghna province · Morocco
Royal Gendarmerie officers of the Kalaat Sraghna territorial centre, under the
direct supervision of the squadron commander, carried out an operation on the
night of Saturday 7 November 2026, targeting an olive grove bordering Marchouh
commune.[1]
The operation led to the seizure of significant quantities of shira, Morocco’s
pressed cannabis resin; quantities of cannabis ears, kif, the Moroccan name for
the plant; and traditional home-made spirit known locally as mahia.[1]Field
interventions also secured two motorcycles and bladed weapons that were in the
possession of those involved.[1]
The operation ended with one suspectarrested, while field research and
investigations continue under the competent public prosecutor’s office to
identify and arrest the other people involved in these banned activities.[1]
The gendarmerie said the operation formed part of the stricter security strategy
of the new command of its Kalaat Sraghna squadron, aimed at stepping up patrols
and preventive field interventions against trafficking.[1]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
No weight or count was published for the seized hashish or cannabis ears, so no quantity is recorded; the account gives only 'significant quantities'.
The source gives no separate date for the raid; it says the operation took place on the night of last Saturday, which is 7 November 2026, and the article was published on 8 November 2026.
The source does not say whether the cannabis ears were seized, uprooted or destroyed, nor whether the olive grove held planted cannabis, so no plant or hectare figure is recorded.
The seized motorcycles and bladed weapons are reported in the text but no confirmed count is stated for them.
The home-made spirit (mahia) is not a cannabis product and none of its quantity is counted here.
No charges, measure of restraint or court date were reported; the prosecutor's inquiry was continuing and the suspects were not named.
Only one account of the event could be found, and searches for a gendarmerie statement or a second outlet returned no results.
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.
The cannabis regulator withdrew nearly 1,300 licences from growers and 190 from other operators for breaking licensing rules. The operator licences covered seed imports, processing, marketing, exports and transport. At the same time the agency said 1,100 hectares of the local beldiya variety had been harvested, 60% of the area planted with it, by about 1,800 farmers in 154 cooperatives.
