Casablanca, Morocco, May 23, 2025 (AFP) - Moroccan former football executive denies role in Saharan drug network

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The former head of Wydad Casablanca football club and politician, Said Naciri, denied before a Moroccan court on Friday that he had facilitated the transport of drugs as part of a vast international criminal conspiracy. Naciri was implicated by notorious drug baron Ahmed Ben Brahim, known as the "Pablo Escobar of the Sahara", according to minutes read out during the hearing at the criminal court in Casablanca. Ben Brahim alleged that he had paid......

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