3 Tons of Cannabis Smuggled From Morocco Seized in Tlemcen

Anti Narcotic Trafficking Police at the western province of Tlemcen have managed aborting the marketing of 31 quintal of treated cannabis after conducting a night raid on a house located in Meghnia municipality, where 5 people were arrested, including three brothers, aged between 30 and 40 years old.

Head of the Anti Narcotic Trafficking Police, Superintendent Omar Belbachir, told a press conference that the operation was conducted on the base of accurate information collected by the detectives. He added that detectives tracked down the traffickers who usually meet in a lodge in an isolated neighbourhood in Meghnia, quite near border with Morocco.

After getting search warrant from the general prosecutor, detectives launched a night raid on the lodge, and managed to seize 31 tons of treated cannabis packed in 120 parcels, bearing each 25 pieces of 200 gr, hidden in the backside of a Mercedes car bearing matriculation of Morocco.   

To recall, National Gendarmerie detectives have recently seized 4 tons of treated cannabis smuggled inside a van from Morocco.