Two held as gendarmes seize 2.26 tonnes of kif in Bni Garfat, Larache
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.
🇲🇦 Douar Mahir, Bni Garfat commune, Larache province · Morocco
Royal Gendarmerie officers arrested two suspects at Douar Mahir in the commune
of Bni Garfat, Larache province, on suspicion of holding and processing kif,
Morocco’s cannabis product.[1]The gendarmes attached to the territorial
centre of Bni Garfat caught the two in the act of crushing and breaking up
cannabis, in what L’Opinion described as a clandestine kif-processing unit.[2]The arrest was made in the morning of Wednesday 4 November 2026 by officers of
the Bni Garfat territorial centre.[3]
A search carried out on the public prosecutor’s instructions found 1,360
kilograms of kif in the form of stems and 900 kilograms of already crushed
cannabis, 2,260 kilograms in all.[1]Le360 reported that the material was
found in a house in the Bni Garfat area and that the whole quantity was
destroyed on the spot.[4]L’Opinion reported that gendarmes had intercepted a
2.26-tonne kif shipment in Bni Garfat commune on Wednesday morning, exposing
significant grinding and processing activity in the province.[2]
The two were placed in police custody for a judicial inquiry supervised by the
competent public prosecutor, which is to establish the circumstances of the
activity and any possible ramifications.[1]A mixed commission supervised the
destruction of the seized quantities under the legal procedures in force.[2]
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L'Opinion dates the operation to Wednesday morning, and Hespress, Larache Times and Le360 equally date it to Wednesday 4 November 2026, which is used as the incident date.
L'Opinion reports an interception of a shipment in the commune, while Hespress, Le360 and Larache Times describe a flagrant arrest at Douar Mahir during grinding and crushing; the accounts agree on the place, people and quantities.
Le360 reports the kif was found inside a house, while L'Opinion describes a processing unit whose exact structure is not stated.
Le360 says the whole quantity was destroyed on the spot; L'Opinion and Hespress only report that destruction was ordered before a mixed commission.
Larache Times calls the 1,360 kilograms ears (سنابل) and Chtouka Press says kernels, while Hespress and L'Opinion describe stems and tiges; the report uses the stems description shared by the two fullest accounts.
No charges, court date or outcome was published; the two suspects are not named and no value estimate was given.
No figure for the number of cannabis plants uprooted was published, so only the weight is recorded.
The page photos published with L'Opinion's report are not captioned and carry no credit, so they are linked rather than relied on as a cover.
The report leaves out an earlier 3-tonne Larache kif case mentioned in L'Opinion's related-articles list as a separate event.
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