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• Handcuffed Man Critically Injured in Escape Attempt from Casablanca Police Station
  29 June 2019, by Amine

  A handcuffed individual allegedly tried to flee a police station in Casablanca by jumping from the second floor. His fall caused him several very serious fractures.
  A man in his thirties was very seriously injured in a fall from the second floor of a police station in Hay Moulay Rachid, in the economic capital, Casablanca. He had to be taken to the hospital and his condition is very critical, according to the media Assabah, which reports this information.
  The brutality of this fall, (…)

• Migrant Boat Capsizes Off Morocco Coast, Killing 6 Including Mother and Infant
  28 June 2019, by Amine

  A boat carrying about thirty people, candidates for illegal immigration, has just capsized on its way to the Canary Islands. 6 people died, including a baby, his mother, and another woman. There are also several injured.
  This tragedy took place off Sidi Ifni on Thursday, June 27, 2019, very early in the morning. A misstep by the organizer of this crossing would be the cause of this accident, as the boat was about to leave the port. Six people died, including the organizer, a mother and (…)

• Female Gang in Fez Arrested for Kidnapping and Torturing Men for Ransom
  29 June 2019, by Amine

  The security forces of the city of Fez have just neutralized a gang composed almost exclusively of very dangerous women. They kidnapped men and did not hesitate to injure them, in order to obtain a ransom.
  Taking advantage of their beauty and physical assets, these 4 women, whose ages range from the twenties to the thirties, attracted men to an apartment rented for this purpose, promising them festive nights. Once there, the trap closed on them and the nightmare began.
  In this regard, (…)

• Marrakech Urban Agency Director Arrested in 500,000 Dirham Bribery Sting
  7 July 2019, by Kamal

  The Director of the Urban Agency, Khalid Ouaya, was arrested in the act of corruption, as he was about to receive a bribe of 500,000 dirhams from a real estate developer in the city. The operation was carried out by the National Brigade of the Judicial Police (BNPJ).
  A real estate developer with several projects in the ochre city on his record filed a complaint with the Attorney General against the Director of the Urban Agency of Marrakech. He accuses him of attempted extortion of funds. (…)

• Belgian Cannabis Trafficking Family Linked to Violent Kidnapping in Morocco
  16 July 2019, by Bladi.net

  A family from Anderlecht, some of whose members are known for their sad reputation as cannabis traffickers, is suspected of having played an active role in a kidnapping in Morocco.
  In a video broadcast by RTL, but which had been widely shared a few years ago, a Moroccan national residing in Belgium is kidnapped and assaulted by several men in a Tangier parking lot, reports the Belgian news channel.
  Powerless in the face of his attackers, the victim, a Moroccan, is forcibly taken away (…)

• Chechens Arrested for Suspected Terror Gesture at Strasbourg Cathedral
  1 December 2019, by Sylvanus

  Two Chechens, one of whom was housed by an asylum seeker reception facility, were arrested by the police for taking a selfie in front of the Strasbourg cathedral, their index finger pointed to the sky, reports the regional newspaper DNA.
  After their arrest, the two men were placed in police custody at the Strasbourg police station for apologizing for terrorism because of their "index fingers pointed to the sky", the same source specifies. Since it is a "posture evoking a sign of allegiance (…)

• Moroccan Police Seize 25 kg Cannabis, €30,500 in Separate Border Busts
  31 July 2019, by Bladi.net

  The General Directorate of National Security (DGSN) seized, on Sunday, July 28, 25 kg of cannabis resin, arranged in the form of tablets and hidden in the tank of the vehicle of a Moroccan residing abroad (MRE), registered in Spain.
  In the same context, another operation carried out on Saturday, July 28, 2019, made it possible to confiscate 30,500 euros from a Spanish national who was trying to take this sum out of Ceuta without the prior authorization of the Customs and Indirect Taxes (…)

• Belgian Drug Trafficker Arrested in Spanish Port After Fleeing Morocco
  31 July 2019, by Bladi.net

  A fugitive, wanted by Belgium, who tried to flee Morocco, was arrested in Almeria, according to a note from the national police. Indeed, they apprehended this 22-year-old drug trafficker, who was wanted in Belgium to serve a 40-month prison sentence and pay a fine of 16,000 euros.
  According to the account of the Almeria Police Headquarters, it was the national police officers serving at the vehicle exit filter of the international port of the same city who carried out the arrest of the (…)

• Land Dispute in Morocco Turns Deadly as Man Killed in Stone Attack
  21 December 2019, by Bladi.net

  It all started with an altercation that turned tragic between two neighbors over a land issue. During the argument, the accused struck his victim several times with stones until he died, witnesses cited by Barlamane testify.
  Alerted, the gendarmes of the territorial brigade of Smimou arrived on the scene. As for the body of the deceased, it was evacuated to the morgue for an autopsy.
  The accused was taken into custody for the purposes of the investigation conducted under the supervision (…)

• Moroccan Customs Seize €890,000 in Currency Smuggling Bust at Guerguarat Border
  7 August 2019, by Bladi.net

  A roadside check by the customs services at the Guerguarat border post thwarted a currency trafficking operation. To this end, a sum of 890,000 euros, in the possession of a Mauritanian national, was confiscated.
  A source close to Hespress announced the aborted trafficking operation. This led to the seizure of bundles of euro banknotes, hidden in a handbag. The owner of this fortune, a Mauritanian, was trying to bring it into the Kingdom without the authorization of the relevant financial (…)