Police seize 9.8 tonnes of chira near Imintanoute and arrest six
Marrakech and Safi police foiled an attempt to traffic 9.8 tonnes of cannabis resin by sea from the Imintanoute area on 21 January 2025, acting on intelligence from the DGST domestic surveillance agency. Six suspects aged 29 to 59 were arrested, including an official and a former elected representative.
🇲🇦 Addher area, Kouzemt commune, Chichaoua Province · Morocco
Officers of the Marrakech police prefecture, working with their counterparts in Safi,
foiled an attempt to traffic 9.8 tonnes of cannabis resin, known locally as chira,
to another country on Tuesday 21 January 2025.[1]The operation took place in the
Addher area of the rural commune of Kouzemt near Imintanoute, on precise information
from the General Directorate of Territorial Surveillance (DGST).[1][2]
Six suspects aged between 29 and 59 were caught preparing an international drug
trafficking operation by sea, including an official and a former elected
representative linked to the network.[1][2]Officers seized the resin at several
sites along with a commercial vehicle bearing a false number plate, an inflatable
boat and a marine engine.[1]
The suspects were taken into custody for investigation under the supervision of the
competent public prosecutor, to establish the full extent of the case and identify
possible accomplices.[1]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
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.
