Two people, a utility-vehicle driver and a police officer posted at Tanger Med, were held after a port check found 13 kilograms of chira as the driver prepared to leave for Europe.[1] The Tangier regional judicial police opened an inquiry under the competent public prosecutor’s office into suspected international drug trafficking involving the two men.[1] A security source told MCG24 that the judicial inquiry was opened on Saturday 19 September 2026.[2]
According to the investigation, the case broke on 17 September 2026, when a check at Tanger Med seized 13 kilograms of chira, Moroccan cannabis resin, from the driver of a utility vehicle who had already cleared border controls and was preparing to sail for Europe.[1] MCG24, citing a security source, reported the same 17 September seizure of 13 kilograms of chira from a utility-vehicle driver about to leave Moroccan territory by ferry for Europe.[2] CCTV showed that, after passing the security inspection and reaching the ferry quay, the driver received the consignment from a port security employee of the rank of mokkadem, a Moroccan police warrant-officer grade, who was then arrested on suspicion of involvement.[1] MCG24 reported that the person who handed over the drugs was a security employee of mokkadem rank working at Tanger Med, and that he was arrested in the case.[2]
Both suspects were placed in garde à vue, police custody, for the prosecutor-supervised inquiry, which was meant to establish the circumstances and any national or international extensions.[1] Inquiries were continuing in order to arrest any further suspects and to seize proceeds of the suspected criminal activity.[1] Alongside the judicial procedure, the Direction Générale de la Sûreté Nationale, Morocco’s national police directorate, ordered the suspected officer temporarily suspended from duty until the case ended and disciplinary responsibility could be decided.[1]
