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Rabat – Morocco’s police, in collaboration with customs at the Guerguerat border crossing, foiled an international drug trafficking on Sunday, seizing 92.9 kilograms of cocaine.
A security source said that border inspection and search operations enabled security services to discover a drug shipment that had been meticulously concealed in the cavities of the fuel tank of a Moroccan-registered international freight truck coming from a sub-Saharan African country.
During the security operation, police arrested a 25-year-old suspect for his alleged involvement in the drug trafficking operation.
Police opened an investigation to determine the circumstances of the case and identify all individuals involved in the case.
Moroccan police have been active in thwarting many similar operations across the country.
In May, Moroccan police thwarted a drug operation, seizing 3.85 tons of cannabis that was concealed in two utility vehicles during simultaneous operations near Oued Zem, a city 156 kilometers from Casablanca.
In 2024, police processed 92,346 drug-trafficking-related cases, arresting 119,692 individuals during a dozen security operations throughout the year.
The arrested suspects included 287 foreigners.
During the same year, police also seized 123 tons and 971 kilograms of cannabis resin, 1.94 tons of cocaine, and 16.53 kilograms of heroin.
