Briton and three french nationals sentenced for drug offenses

A Moroccan court sentenced on Tuesday a Briton lorry driver, Lowe Ian Karl, to ten years in jail for drug trafficking and smuggling charges.

The man, was caught last Friday with nearly four tons of cannabis as he was preparing to leave the Moroccan northern port of Tangiers.

The drug was concealed in his lorry ladden with ready-to- wear garments destined to a British company. The court also fined the Briton around $25,000 and confiscated his vehicle.

Two French women, who were involved in another drug affair, were condemned Tuesday to six-months imprisonment and were fined $ 900.

The two women were arrested lately in northern Morocco with 11 kg of cannabis concealed in the petrol-tank of their Renault Espace.

Their compatriot, who surrendered himself to the Moroccan police and confessed that he was behind the drug smuggling attempt, got 18-months imprisonment.