522 kg of hashish found in a tricycle at Tangier port
Moroccan national security officers seized 522 kg of hashish, pressed into slabs, from a tricycle parked on the maintenance quay at the port of Tangier on the evening of 13 June 2016. The DGSN said the drug was hidden in 17 suitcases and that Tangier police opened an investigation under the prosecutor's supervision, with no arrests reported.
National security officers at the port of Tangier seized about 522 kg of
hashish, pressed into slabs, on the evening of Monday 13 June 2016.[1]The
hashish was found aboard a tricycle parked on the port’s maintenance quay.[2]
The drug was hidden in 17 suitcases, according to a statement from the General
Directorate of National Security (DGSN), Morocco’s national police.[1]The
Tangier prefectural police service opened an investigation under the supervision
of the competent prosecutor’s office to arrest everyone suspected of involvement
in the case.[1]
The police statement as reported in English described the goods as 522 kg of
cannabis bars hidden in 17 suitcases aboard the tricycle.[3]
Case data
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