Moroccan police seized 18.243 tonnes of cannabis resin in the coastal town of Sidi Rahal south of Casablanca on Monday, arresting five people as they unloaded the drug from a truck into rapid inflatable boats.[1][2]
A watched truck-to-boat transfer
The Casablanca prefectural judicial police and the General Directorate of Territorial Surveillance had kept the suspects under surveillance as they moved the shipment overland in a freight truck, planning to load it onto high-speed boats under cover of darkness for export by sea.[1][2] Officers intercepted the group in the act and impounded the cannabis along with fuel, marine engines, vessels, communications equipment and the land vehicle.[2]
Prosecutors ordered an investigation into the arrested group’s domestic and foreign trafficking ties so accomplices could be brought to justice.[1][2] The seizure followed other large interceptions that year, including 10.5 tonnes taken from a fishing boat in Agadir in March.[1]
