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| Morocco Seizes 24 Tonnes of Hashish after Spain Busts Ring |
| 2015-01-26 |
[AnNahar] Moroccan security forces seized nearly 24 tonnes of hashish from a number of boats and tossed in the slammerDrop the rod and step away witcher hands up! 11 people after an overnight chase off the northern coast, the MAP news agency reported Saturday. The operation came hours after Spanish police said they had seized 11 tonnes of hashish and detained 55 people across the country as part of an operation targeting a Moroccan drug trafficking ring. Spain's proximity to north Africa, a major source of hashish, and its close ties with its former colonies in Latin America, a key cocaine-producing region, have made it the main gateway into Europe for narcotics. The Spanish raids were carried out throughout the country, including Madrid, Barcelona, Malaga, as well as the Spanish exclave of Ceuta on Morocco's Mediterranean coast. Spanish police also seized two million euros ($2.2 million) in cash as well as several weapons, including assault rifles, as part of the operation that followed a two-year investigation. The Moroccan agency did not provide any further details on the extent to which the two operations may have been linked. But police source in Spain said the gang would smuggle the drugs into Spain on speedboats or hidden inside the fuel tanks of trucks. Morocco is one of the world's principal producers of hashish, and the interior ministry estimates that more than 700,000 people make a living from cultivating cannabis, from which the resin is produced. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #5 Ran off with the Squeeze. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2015-01-26 12:58 |
| #4 The hash Mystic, the hash! What happened to the hash? |
| Posted by: Shipman 2015-01-26 07:08 |
| #3 In the 70s when I was stationed in Germany, I planned a trip to Spain. I was told by individuals in the know, that if I went on the ferry from Algeciras to Tangier to check under my car before getting back on the ferry. Well, I went to Tangier and in the course of an hour, I was offered $5000 for my US passport and $7500 for my girlfriend. I decided to go back to Spain lest I get bopped on the head for either the passport or the main squeeze. I stopped in the parking lot of the ferry, jacked up my 911 and found four keys of hashish tapped to the undercarriage. I did have a motorcycle follow me to Seville and I am pretty sure they were disappointed when they searched under my car that night in the parking lot of the hotel. |
| Posted by: Mystic 2015-01-26 01:34 |
| #2 Yeah man, I caught your smoke signals... |
| Posted by: Phusons McGurque1872 2015-01-26 00:46 |
| #1 Paging Tommy Chong! |
| Posted by: Raj 2015-01-26 00:41 |