00:00Two prominent former Moroccan politicians have been sentenced to lengthy prison terms
00:06in one of the country's highest-profile drug trafficking trials.
00:10The court in Casablanca handed former football club president and politician Saeed Nisiri
00:17a 10-year prison sentence while former regional official Abdenabhi Biwi received 12 years.
00:24The pair were among more than 20 defendants accused of involvement in an international drug trafficking network
00:31allegedly run by convicted Malian trafficker Ahmed Brenbrahima, widely known as Escobar of the Sahara.
00:39Both men, former senior members of Morocco's ruling coalition party, faced charges including corruption, forgery and drug possession, sale and
00:49export.
00:50They have denied all allegations.
00:54Lawyers of Nisiri and Biwi say they intend to appeal after receiving the full written judgment.
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