HIBAPRESS – Mohamed Daher
The preliminary criminal chamber of the Marrakech Court of First Instance, on Tuesday, convicted members of a network active in the trafficking of hard drugs in the heart of the Red City.
The first defendant was sentenced to four years of effective imprisonment and a fine of 10,000 dirhams, while his second partner received a sentence of three years of effective imprisonment and a fine of 5,000 dirhams. The third defendant was sentenced to one year of effective imprisonment and a fine of 4,000 dirhams, with the defendants jointly bearing the costs and confiscation of the money and phones seized from them for the benefit of the state treasury.
The same body acquitted a driver of a car operating under the smart application system of the charge of participating in drug trafficking. He was sentenced to one month of suspended imprisonment and a fine of 1,000 dirhams, after his prosecution was reclassified to be limited to the misdemeanor of "transporting passengers without a license." The court also ordered the return of all his seized items, including his car and mobile phone.
Judicial police elements from the Marrakech security directorate had previously arrested the network members in mid-August in the Al-Saada neighborhood, where they were caught in possession of a significant quantity of hard drugs intended for trafficking.
