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Cracking Down on Crime: Moroccan Police Seize Over 18 Tonnes of Illegal Cannabis Resin
Cracking Down on Crime: Moroccan Police Seize Over 18 Tonnes of Illegal Cannabis Resin
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Morocco, a top cannabis producer, legalized cultivation, export, and medical use in 2021 while banning recreational use. The nation expects $600 million in... 04.06.2024, Sputnik Africa
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On June 3, Morocco's police seized a whopping 18.243 tonnes of cannabis resin in the coastal area of Sidi Rahal, south of Casablanca.According to the police report, they arrested five people "red-handed" they unloaded the prohibited drug onto from a truck into three rapid inflatable boats, adding that they have started looking into the arrested people's ties to both domestic and foreign drug trafficking organizations.Cannabis resin is a concentrated form of cannabis made from the flowers of the cannabis plant. Etrahydrocannabinol, or THC, is one of the main cannabinoids found in it. The majority of the medical and psychoactive effects of marijuana are contained in the THC, which is extracted from flowers and sugar leaves of the plant. It is frequently used in the form of hashish.Morocco has been fighting drug smuggling more vigorously in recent months. As a result, large seizures have been made, including 10.7 tonnes of cannabis in the Atlantic coast city of Agadir in March and 19.5 tonnes of resinous cannabis concealed inside a truck carrying octopus that was traveling to Spain last June.
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Cracking Down on Crime: Moroccan Police Seize Over 18 Tonnes of Illegal Cannabis Resin
Morocco, a top cannabis producer, legalized cultivation, export, and medical use in 2021 while banning recreational use. The nation expects $600 million in annual medical cannabis revenues despite drug smuggling issues, according to Mohamed El Bouhmadi, president of the Moroccan Federation of the Pharmaceutical Industry and Innovation.
On June 3, Morocco's police seized a whopping 18.243 tonnes of
cannabis resin in the coastal area of Sidi Rahal, south of Casablanca.
According to the police
report, they arrested five people "red-handed" they unloaded the prohibited drug onto from a truck into three rapid inflatable boats, adding that they have started looking into the arrested people's ties to both domestic and foreign drug trafficking organizations.
Cannabis resin is a concentrated form of cannabis made from the flowers of the cannabis plant. Etrahydrocannabinol, or THC, is one of the main cannabinoids found in it. The majority of the medical and psychoactive effects of marijuana are contained in the THC, which is extracted from flowers and sugar leaves of the plant. It is frequently used in the form of hashish.
Morocco has been
fighting drug smuggling more vigorously in recent months. As a result, large seizures have been made, including 10.7 tonnes of cannabis in the Atlantic coast city of Agadir in March and 19.5 tonnes of resinous cannabis concealed inside a truck carrying octopus that was traveling to Spain last June.
