350 kg kif found in underground vault; suspect flees
An Oulad Frej gendarmerie patrol raided an underground vault near the home of suspect Ahmed M. in Oulad Hamdane on 26 August 2026, seizing 12 bundles of kif tops weighing 350 kg plus 76 kg of contraband tobacco. The repeat-offender suspect fled; a national search notice was issued and the goods went to customs.
🇲🇦 Oulad Hamdane, Sidi Ismail circle, El Jadida province · Morocco
- Cannabis
- 350 kg
As part of an intensified gendarmerie campaign, a patrol from the Oulad Frej
centre raided an underground storage vault near the home of the main suspect,
Ahmed M., a repeat narcotics offender, in the commune of Oulad Hamdane, Sidi
Ismail circle, on the evening of Wednesday 26 August 2026 at about 7 pm.[1]
The search recovered 12 bundles of kif in tops form weighing 350 kilograms in
total, plus 20 bundles of contraband tobacco weighing 76 kilograms, prepared for
resale — over 400 kilograms combined.[1] The suspect exploited the terrain to
flee before the gendarmes arrived; on the El Jadida prosecutor’s instructions the
goods were handed to customs, a case file was opened and a national search notice
was issued for the fugitive.[1]
Sources
- أولاد فرج: ضربة أمنية موجعة لتجار السموم.. حجز أكثر من 400 كيلوغرام من “الكيف” و”طابا” داخل مخزن سري بأولاد حمدان. El Jadida News, 27 August 2026.
Open questions the AI reported
- Only El Jadida News has published this operation; no second outlet account was found.
- Whether the fugitive Ahmed M. was later caught is unreported.