800 kg of hashish found in a furniture van bound for Spain at Tangier port
Moroccan police at the port of Tangier seized 800 kg of cannabis resin worth an estimated 3 million euros from a furniture-loaded van bound for Algeciras, Spain. The driver, 22, and a passenger, 21, were arrested.
Moroccan police at the northern port of Tangier seized800 kg of chira, cannabis resin,
estimated at 3 million euros, from a vehicle loaded with furniture, the Moroccan news
agency MAP reported.[1]The drug was aimed at the French market and was found in a van
bound for the southern Spanish city of Algeciras.[1]The 22-year-old driver and a
21-year-old passenger were arrested, MAP added, without giving their nationalities.[1]
A busy smuggling port
The same account notes that in 2007 dozens of traffickers of various nationalities were
arrested at the port of Tangier, where 35 tonnes of hashish were seized over the year.[1]The 800 kg find was reported through Panapress in an Afrik-News dispatch by Theo
Benizza.[1]
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.
