Morocco seizes 1.37 tons of cocaine concealed in frozen fish

Moroccan police announced on Friday that they had seized 1.37 tonnes of cocaine in the large city of Casablanca, Reuters agency reported.

The drug was concealed in a cargo of imported frozen fish found at a distribution company in Morocco’s largest city, it said in a statement.

Preliminary findings suggest the cargo was imported from a Latin American country via Spain, the Moroccan police said, noting that investigations are ongoing.