Nador’s judicial police seized about 15 tonnes of hashish on Monday and arrested one person over alleged links to an international drug-trafficking network.[1] Morocco’s Directorate General of National Security (DGSN), the national police, said in a statement that the suspect, aged 46, was arrested on the basis of information supplied by its own services.[1] The 46-year-old man was taken into police custody by the arresting officers.[2] He was to be brought before the courts once the inquiry led by the Nador judicial police was completed.[2]
Field operations and searches at Douar Oulad Aissa and in the Taourirt Boucetta area near Nador recovered 578 bags containing 14.973 tonnes of hashish.[1] The seized hashish was identified as cannabis resin, the processed form of cannabis.[3] The same operation also seized six cars bearing false registration plates that were used for transporting and trafficking drugs.[3]
The seizure occurred on Monday near Nador in northeastern Morocco and was publicly reported on 4 April 2017.[2] Investigations were continuing in order to arrest all the other people suspected of links to the criminal network.[1] The official DGSN account of the operation was relayed through Morocco’s MAP press agency, which the outlets cite as the source for the announcement.[3]
