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7 hundredweights cannabis seized near Moroccan borders 7 hundredweights cannabis seized near Moroccan borders


Wednesday Dec 24 2008.

National Gendarmerie services have foiled attempt of smuggling drug quantity estimated at 7 hundredweights which have been introduced to Algeria through the western borders.




A high ranking Officer at the National Gendarmerie Command said this huge drug quantity has been seized at a night check point near the crossroads near the Moroccan borders. Once the car driver has noticed the National Gendarmerie, he has decided to flee to a mountainous region. They have tracked him down, but he managed fleeing them again, leaving 7 hundredweights of cannabis.

Moreover, in the eastern province Jijej, a fisher has discovered 14 kg of cannabis floating on shores of Taza beach. He informed the National Gendarmerie about it.

In turn, Coast guards serving at the port of Algiers, in a routine searching operation, have discovered a suitcase loaded with 25kg of treated cannabis. The suitcase owner is a 25-year old man; he has come from France city of Marseille, on board of Tarik Ibn Ziad ship.

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