Moroccan security services thwarted an international drug trafficking attempt on Saturday, seizing more than eight tons of cannabis at the Safi maritime port.[1][2]

A DGSN statement said the operation seized 199 bales prepared for international smuggling via sea routes, hidden in a Morocco-registered cargo truck intercepted shortly after entering the Atlantic port.[1] The drugs were bound for shipment abroad by sea.[2]

Police arrested 21 people aged 24 to 48 over suspected involvement with the trafficking network; the investigation had run for weeks on information about a planned large-scale operation, and those arrested faced judicial inquiry into the network’s full extent.[1][2]