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Marrakech – Moroccan police launched a judicial investigation on Wednesday after 45 kilograms of cocaine were discovered inside a shipping container at an import company in the Sidi Bernoussi district of Casablanca.
Employees of an international import firm found the drugs concealed within a container carrying food products. The shipment had arrived by sea from a Latin American country. Officers recovered 41 slabs of cocaine weighing a total of 45 kilograms, along with a GPS tracking device hidden among the drugs.
The judicial police unit in Sidi Bernoussi opened the investigation under the supervision of the competent public prosecutor’s office. Authorities said they are pursuing leads through international security cooperation channels to identify all parties involved, both domestically and abroad.
The seizure is the latest in a series of major anti-narcotics operations across Morocco. Late last month, police near Kenitra arrested a suspected drug trafficker and seized over 2.4 tons of cannabis, 133 kilograms of hashish, 522 kilograms of smuggled tobacco, 50 grams of cocaine, and five kilograms of powdered cannabis.
Officers also confiscated six bladed weapons and 10 counterfeit vehicle registration plates. A second suspect in that case remains at large.
Days later, security services at Tangier Med Port intercepted 14,245 narcotic pills – including 11,145 Rivotril and 3,100 Trankimazin tablets – concealed inside the structure of a Moroccan-registered freight truck arriving from Spain. The driver was arrested.
Earlier this month, a joint operation by judicial police and Morocco’s domestic intelligence services led to the arrest of a 33-year-old man on the outskirts of Kenitra. Officers seized 2,400 psychotropic pills, cocaine prepared for distribution, and cash linked to trafficking activities.
Morocco’s geographic position between Latin America, Europe, and Africa makes it a transit point for international drug networks.
The General Directorate of National Security (DGSN) and the General Directorate for Territorial Surveillance (DGST) have intensified joint operations in recent years, targeting trafficking rings involved in the movement of narcotics and psychotropic substances across the country.
