5.7 tonnes of cannabis resin seized near Moulay Bousselham
Moroccan police seized 5.7 tonnes of cannabis resin near the Atlantic coastal town of Moulay Bousselham on the evening of 6 March 2025, catching one suspect red-handed with a foreign-registered truck. A second suspect was arrested separately in Kenitra.
Moroccan police seized5.7 tonnes of cannabis resin near the Atlantic coastal
town of Moulay Bousselham on Thursday evening, 6 March 2025.[1][2]The
operation, reported by the official MAP news agency via Xinhua, was carried
out in coordination with the General Directorate of Territorial Surveillance
(DGST), the domestic intelligence service.[1][2]
One suspect was caught red-handed attempting to traffic the resin in a
foreign-registered truck, and a woman was arrested later in a separate
operation in Kenitra.[1]Both were held over alleged links to a criminal
network active in international drug and psychotropic substance smuggling, and
a judicial investigation was opened to identify accomplices and map the
network.[1][2]
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.
