Morocco seizes 2.5 tonnes of cannabis: officials

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RABAT — Moroccan police and customs officials have seized 2.5 tonnes of cannabis resin found in two vehicles headed to Spain, officials said Thursday.

 

The drugs were uncovered in northern Morocco overnight from Wednesday to Thursday in two separate operations.

 

In the first, a tonne-and-a-half of resin was uncovered in the northeast port of El Hoceima.

 

Security services found the drugs hidden in a French van which was driven by a French baker, Dominique Chagnon.

 

The 54-year-old arrived in Morocco almost three months earlier and was about to leave the country for Almeria, southern Spain, on board a ferry.

 

The second stash was found at the border post of Bab Sebta, which separates northeast Morocco from the Spanish city of Ceuta, where officials uncovered one tonne of resin in a Belgian truck.

 

The driver was a Moroccan living in Belgium. He was travelling with his wife and five children and was heading to catch a ferry to the southern Spanish port of Algeciras.

 

Date: 14 August 2009

Source: AFP

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