The elements of the customs of the airport Mohammed V, got their hands on 1.5 tons of chira hidden in slippers bound for the Netherlands. The owner of the goods is a man residing in Driouch.
During an inspection of the goods depot, customs officials were surprised by the large shipment of slippers from the region of Driouch, in the province of Nador, bound for the Netherlands, although it was not the export season for Moroccan handicrafts. The search revealed patches of chira buried in the soles of slippers and well covered with leather. The shipment was named after a man residing in Nador and destined for an individual living in Amsterdam, reports the daily Assabah.
Seized, the elements of the gendarmerie of the province of Nouaceur have already begun the investigations to locate the suspect residing in Driouch, and to get hold of all the people involved in this trafficking.
The traffickers are always using tricks to bypass the multiple barriers erected, in order to effectively fight against drug trafficking and its derivatives on the Kingdom’s sea coasts.
This export attempt is the second, after that of last week, where the elements of the customs seized nearly 605 kilograms of chira, in the port of Casablanca, hidden in a cargo of rocky stones, intended for export. in the form of plaster.
