Moroccan police seized 5.4 tonnes of cannabis resin from a four-wheel-drive vehicle in the Dar Aarid neighbourhood of Nador on 23 May 2020; the occupants fled during the arrest attempt and the prosecutor opened an investigation.
🇲🇦 Dar Aarid, Nador · Morocco
Moroccan police seized 5.4 tonnes of cannabis resin in the north-eastern city of Nador on Saturday 23 May 2020.[1] Officers found the shipment inside a four-wheel-drive vehicle in the Dar Aarid neighbourhood, but its passengers managed to flee during the arrest attempt.[1]
The national security directorate, the DGSN, said in a statement that the city prosecutor had opened an investigation to identify the drug network behind the shipment.[1] No arrest was reported.[1]
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