Morocco seizes 3.7 tons of cannabis resin near Azemmour
Morocco's judicial police seized 3,700 kilos of cannabis resin from a farm in Azemmour province on 6 September 2020, along with an inflatable boat and two engines suspected for use in trafficking by sea. A 37-year-old man with a drug record was arrested.
Morocco’s judicial police seized three tonnes and 700 kilograms of cannabis resin in the province of Azemmour, about 72 kilometres from Casablanca, on Sunday 6 September 2020.[1]
The national police (DGSN) said the operation rested on precise information from the domestic intelligence service (DGST) with field coordination from the Royal Gendarmerie, and that searches inside a farm recovered the resin plus a large inflatable boat and two engines suspected for use in international drug trafficking by sea.[1]Officers arrested a 37-year-old man with a criminal record for alleged involvement in an international drug-trafficking network.[1]
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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.
