Rabat - As part of its attempts to crackdown on drug trafficking, the Moroccan authorities have announced the destruction of 12 tons of drugs this week.
According to Maghreb Arab Press (MAP), six tons of cannabis, one kilogram of cocaine and 21,000 psychotropic pills with an overall value of nearly 5.6 million euros have been incinerated in a garbage dump in the city of Casablanca.
The same source added that another six tons of drugs, mainly cannabis have been incinerated in the outskirts of Meknes. The seized amount is worth an estimated 500,000 Euros.
Preliminary figures obtained by the International body for Narcotics Control have revealed that Morocco contributed to 12% of global seizures of cannabis in 2013, compared to 11% a year earlier.
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