Morocco arrests alleged drug traffickers, reports cannabis decline

2009-12-14 Moroccan security services dismantled a cannabis-trafficking network in the Ketama region, arresting six suspects from the town of Issaguen, MAP reported on Sunday (December 13th).
In related news, the Interior Ministry on Friday said that land used for cannabis cultivation in Morocco fell from some 134,000 hectares in 2003 to only 56,000 in 2009, MAP reported. Also on Friday, the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) commended Morocco's "strong political will" in the fight against narcotics trafficking. Speaking to the press after meeting with government officials in Rabat, INCB President Sevil Atasoy saluted Moroccan drug control policy-makers for their "honesty, openness and transparency".

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International Narcotics Control Board hails Morocco drugs control efforts

Rabat - President of the International narcotics Control Board (INCB), Sevil Atasoy, praised on Friday Morocco's strong political will in the fight against narcotics trafficking.

   Morocco's "strong political will" is a key element in the fight against narcotics trafficking, Atasoy told the press following talks with Governor and Director of migration and borders control.

   "We have witnessed very good cooperation from different bodies in Morocco", she said commending the "honesty, openness and transparency" of Moroccan drug control's officials.

   "It was astonishingly positive we saw that all the recommendations have been taken very seriously and I really encourage Morocco to continue as it did in the last five or four years", the INCB chief said.

   The INCB is an independent and quasi-judicial monitoring body for the implementation of the United Nations international drug control conventions. It was established in 1968 in accordance with the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961.
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INCB head lauds Morocco's efforts to fight cannabis culture

INCB head lauds Morocco's efforts to fight cannabis culture
Rabat - The president of the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB), Sevil Atasoy, hailed on Wednesday efforts made by Morocco to fight the culture of cannabis.

We notice a progress made by Morocco concerning the fight against the cannabis culture, Atasoy told the press following a meeting with Interior minister, Chakib Benmoussa.

She said that the talks touched on the means to assist the north African country in combating the cannabis growing through the INCB's expertise and experience.

Set up in 1968, the INCB is an independent and quasi-judicial control organ monitoring the implementation of the UN's drug conventions.