Man in his 30s arrested with chira in Tiznit for Sahel resale
Judicial police in Tiznit arrested a man in his thirties on 31 October 2026 with a significant quantity of cannabis resin allegedly bound for Arbaa Sahel. Wanted under several national warrants, he was placed in custody while prosecutors investigate his suspected coastal distribution network.
🇲🇦 Tiznit, Souss-Massa · Morocco
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Judicial police in the city of Tiznit arrested a man in his thirties on Saturday
31 October 2026 on suspicion of drug trafficking in Arbaa Sahel commune and the
surrounding areas.[1]The detainee was already the subject of several national
search warrants issued by the Royal Gendarmerie in the Souss-Massa and
Guelmim-Oued Noun regions.[1]Officers stopped him in Tiznit and, on searching
him, found a significant quantity of chira, the Moroccan term for cannabis
resin, which he was suspected of planning to carry to Arbaa Sahel for
redistribution to local dealers.[1]
The competent public prosecution ordered him held in police custody while
investigators work to uncover the other possible accomplices and the extent of
the suspected network.[1]Police describe him as one of the most prominent
distributors operating for years along the Tiznit coast, centred on Arbaa Sahel,
and report that he has numerous prior convictions.[2]
The custody investigation, supervised by the prosecution, is intended to
identify his remaining partners in the long-running supply of drugs to the
coastal areas.[2]The seized chira was being carried toward Arbaa Sahel for
redistribution to a group of dealers in the area.[2]
Royal Gendarmerie officers raided a secret hideout at Taslba near Boukraa and arrested the leader of a network accused of promoting hashish. Officers also seized a vehicle, drugs, weapons and a secret rubber-boat workshop for irregular migration.
Royal Gendarmerie officers at Sidi Bibi, in Chtouka Ait Baha province, arrested a man from the Trast area on suspicion of possessing and trafficking drugs. About one kilogram of chira, the cannabis resin known locally as hashish, was seized, and the public prosecutor ordered him held in police custody.
Police in Al Aroui, in Morocco's Nador province, arrested two young men in two separate operations and seized chira, kif and cocaine along with cash, weapons and cars. One suspect had been wanted nationwide and was brought before the competent court; the weight of the drugs and the charges were not given.
Marrakech judicial police arrested two young men in two operations on 27 October 2026 and seized chira, cocaine, motorcycles and electronic scales. Both were held in police custody on trafficking suspicions; the weighed cannabis resin amounted to 270 g, with six more slabs counted but not weighed.