French lorry driver arrested in Tangier for drug trafficking

Originally published March 21, 2000

A French lorry driver was arrested on Monday in the Moroccan northern city of Tangiers while he was about to leave the country with 135 kg of cannabis. The banned substance was concealed in Pezard Didier's France-registered lorry.

Pezard Didier, 39, entered Morocco on March 15 to deliver a load of engines in Casablanca.

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