More than 12 tonnes of hashish seized in Nador, 3 arrested
Moroccan police seized more than twelve tonnes of hashish from a truck with a false registration plate in the Nador region. Three suspects with criminal records were arrested and bladed weapons were seized.
The operation led to the arrest of three suspects described as having criminal
records, and bladed weapons were seized.[1]One of the suspects was the
subject of a national wanted notice for organizing illegal immigration and human
trafficking operations.[1]
The shipment weighed more than twelve tonnes of cannabis.[1]Moroccan police
announced the seizure of a hashish shipment in the Nador region in the northeast
of the country.[1]Police said the drugs were being transported aboard a truck
carrying a false registration plate.[1]The seizure was described as one of
the biggest seizures of the year.[1]
Morocco is one of the world’s main producers and exporters of cannabis resin,
according to the UN Office on Drugs and Crime.[1]
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.
