Spanish lorry driver found with 9 tons of hashish

A Spanish lorry driver was arrested on Friday in the Tanger-Med port in the north of Morocco when his articulated lorry was found to be carrying about 9 tons of hashish. The customs authority in the port say the drug was camouflaged in a cargo of melons from Agadir in the south of Morocco. It was discovered as the lorry was preparing to cross the Strait to Europe. The driver, who has not been named in reports, is in his 30’s, now goes on to face the judge. At least 140 Spaniards are being held in Moroccan jails after being caught transporting hashish. Morocco is one of the main producers of Cannabis, but the Government says the number of cultivated hectares is been reduced to 47,000 last year, compared to the 134,000 in 2003.