Moroccan court sends Belgian couple to jail for drug trafficking

Originally published July 25, 2001

A Belgian couple has been sentenced Tuesday by a court of the Moroccan north-eastern city of Al-Hoceima to jail terms for drug trafficking, reported Belga news agency.

Daniel P., 48, and his wife Francine were sentenced to nine and five years in prison respectively.

The couple had been arrested in the Mediterranean off Al-Hoceima with 4 tons of hachich concealed in they yacht.

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