RABAT, April 28 — Moroccan police on Wednesday said they had seized a record haul of cannabis and arrested a man in connection with an international drug trafficking network.
Officers captured what it called a record 31.197 tonnes of cannabis resin at a warehouse near the northern port of Tangier, the largest haul this year, police said in a statement. The cannabis was stuffed in fruit and vegetable figurines in an attempt to disguise them as agricultural products for export, they added.A 61-year-old man with a criminal record was arrested and placed in custody on suspicion of links with a criminal network engaged in international drug trafficking.The North African kingdom is one of the world’s major hashish producers, and in a major reform last year approved a law authorising cannabis for therapeutic use.
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