13 tonnes of kif and 70 kg of hashish seized near Zoumi, Ouezzane
A joint police operation in Ouezzane province seized more than 13 tonnes of cannabis and cannabis powder plus over 70 kilograms of hashish from a house near Zoumi, after the arrest of a man with seven national police signals. The suspected main supplier was absent during the search and is wanted under a national warrant.
🇲🇦 House on the edge of Zoumi, Ouezzane province · Morocco
Moroccan security services seized more than 13 tonnes of cannabis and cannabis
powder, together with more than 70 kilograms of hashish, in a joint police
operation in Ouezzane province.[1]Detectives from Ouezzane carried out the
operation with the Royal Gendarmerie of Ouezzane and Zoumi and the anti-gang
unit from Tetouan.[1]
The operation began with the arrest of a man in his fifties who had seven police
signals in Morocco for suspected involvement in drug trafficking.[1]A search
of his home found more than two kilograms of hashish and cannabis.[1]
The main find was made in a house on the edge of Zoumi during an investigation
into a suspected drug-trafficking network.[1]The suspected main supplier was
not home when officers searched his house near Zoumi, where they found equipment
and tools for processing cannabis and preparing it for trade alongside the large
drug stock.[1]
A national search warrant was issued for the fugitive suspect.[1]Under the
direction of the public prosecutor in Ouezzane, investigators are examining who
else was involved in the network.[1]According to Hespress, the investigation
continues under the Ouezzane prosecutor, which ordered the national warrant for
the fleeing suspect in order to arrest him and uncover other possible
ramifications of the criminal activity.[2]
Case data
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The sources give no separate date for the searches or the arrest; 12 November 2026 is the publication date of both accounts and is used as the incident date.
The reports do not name the arrested man or the fugitive supplier, and no charge or court outcome is reported.
The published split is more than 13 tonnes of cannabis and cannabis powder plus more than 70 kilograms of hashish, with an additional more than two kilograms found at the first house; exact measured weights were not published.
The reports do not say whether the seized cannabis was destroyed, stored or handed to a commission.
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