CASABLANCA, Morocco — Moroccan police have seized 23 tons of hashish hidden in machinery that was to be shipped to France.
Morocco's official MAP news agency said the drugs, hidden in industrial-sized grinders, were seized Friday on the premises of a transport company in Casablanca.
Saturday's report said it took police officials more than 24 hours to inventory the drug. It was hidden in nearly 130 fake grinders, each containing about 419 pounds of hashish.
The report said an investigation has been opened to find those behind the massive shipment.
Morocco's Interior Ministry is quoted as saying that last year Moroccan officials seized more than 110,000 tons of hashish.
First of all, I'm completely against the war on drugs. Almost all the violence around drugs stems from them being illegal. American taxpayers spend billions of dollars per year for non violent drug offenders to sit in jail. It's a waste. Legalize it, tax the hell out of it, and in turn, bail our future generations out of the massive debt we've inherited due to our Government's fiscal irresponsibility and ineptitude. In instances like this, I applaud the sheer innovation and creativity of these smugglers. Hiding pot in industrial grinders is quite an effort. It's not offering my drug tainted brownies to customs agents like I usually do, but I'll give them a "THC" for effort. 32 tons of pot is worth about 40 million dollars on the street. My guess is that the person responsible for getting busted will be another statistic in the losing war against drugs.
