Dutch drug dealer sentenced to 10 years in jail

A Dutch drug dealer was sentenced Thursday by a Tangiers court to 10 years in jail after being found guilty of drug trafficking charges.

The dealer, who was arrested recently in the city port with 5.5 kg of cannabis extract, was also sentenced to paying $ 24,000 in fines.

A caretaker of the factory where the drug was loaded in the Dutch national's lorry got a 5-year jail term and a $ 20,000 fine.

The Tangiers port authorities arrested on Thursday a Moroccan national living in Europe, while he was trying to smuggle out 35 kg of cannabis extract that he concealed in his car.