Moroccan drug dealer arrested

Originally published October 14, 2000

The Moroccan authorities arrested Thursday in the Tangiers port a Moroccan national with 985 kg of cannabis extract, locally known as chira. The banned substance was concealed in a fish-loaded lorry, bound to Portugal.

The dealer was handed to the police for investigation pending his trial.

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