A Moroccan navy patrol chased a suspected speedboat off Nador on 24 December 2021; the crew threw about two tonnes of cannabis into the sea and escaped. The navy recovered the shipment and handed it to the Royal Gendarmerie at the port of Nador.
🇲🇦 Mediterranean Sea off Nador · Morocco
On 24 December 2021 a Moroccan navy unit on Mediterranean patrol chased a suspected speedboat off the coast of Nador.[1][2] The crew threw the drug shipment into the sea and managed to flee.[1][2]
The navy recovered about two tonnes of cannabis from the water and handed the shipment to the Royal Gendarmerie at the port of Nador.[1] A second account of the interception confirms the two-tonne haul, the speedboat chase and the crew’s escape.[2]
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