Morocco seizes almost 5 tonnes of cannabis resin at Mohammedia
Police at the entrance to Mohammedia arrested a driver on 16 October 2020 and seized 4,967 kg of cannabis resin from his utility vehicle, acting on territorial-surveillance intelligence pointing to an international trafficking attempt. The suspect was placed in custody while an investigation under the prosecutor's supervision mapped the network's national and international ramifications.
🇲🇦 Entrance to Mohammedia, Casablanca-Settat · Morocco
On the evening of Friday 16 October 2020, judicial police from Casablanca stopped a utility vehicle at the entrance to the port city of Mohammedia and arrested the man driving it, seizing 4,967 kilograms of cannabis resin, known locally as chira.[1][2]The operation followed surveillance and monitoring based on information from the General Directorate of Territorial Surveillance (DGST), and the national police (DGSN) described it as foiling an international drug trafficking attempt.[2]
Custody and investigation
The suspect, described as the driver escorting the shipment, was placed in police custody for an investigation conducted under the supervision of the competent prosecutor’s office.[2]The investigation aimed to identify everyone involved in the criminal network and determine its ramifications at national and international level.[1][2] No charges or court outcome were reported in these sources.
Case data
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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.
