Four tonnes of hashish seized from a false-plated vehicle near Tangier
Moroccan customs officers seized four tonnes of cannabis resin from a utility vehicle carrying a falsified registration plate near Tangier in the night of 7 to 8 May 2019. The haul was reported by the state agency MAP, which said Morocco had seized 52 tonnes of cannabis resin the year before.
A mobile customs unit near Tangier seized four tonnes of cannabis resin on the
night of 7 to 8 May 2019.[1]Morocco’s MAP news agency reported the seizure,
citing the customs unit that carried out the operation.[2]A customs statement
said the resin was aboard a utility vehicle carrying a falsified registration
plate.[2]The haul was about four tons of hashish, or cannabis resin.[3]The
agency’s account, carried by Vijesti, added that the drugs were in a truck with
false plates.[3]
According to UN data, Morocco is one of the largest producers and exporters of
hashish.[3]In 2018, Moroccan police seized 52 tons of cannabis resin, which
is used to make hashish.[3]
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.
