The "Messi of hashish" is making headlines again
5 April 2026
Fugitive wanted by Europol, Abdellah El Haj Sadek, alias the "Messi of hashish", resurfaces in an investigation by the UDYCO in Ceuta. Hidden in Morocco, he is linked to a (…)
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Fake armbands, escape and arrest: how Ilyas Kherbouch’s spectacular flight ended in the South
30 March 2026
On March 20, Ilyas Kherbouch’s flight ended in Canet-en-Roussillon. Escaped from Villepinte prison thirteen days earlier with the help of fake police officers, the fugitive was (…)
Marrakech: 20 dirhams for a parking spot, the attendant ends up in custody
29 March 2026
The Marrakech police services quickly apprehended a parking attendant. This arrest follows the viral dissemination of a video showing him demanding an abusive parking fee near (…)
Nice: a drug baron from the Moulins district arrested in Morocco after a year of tracking
28 March 2026
A major player in a drug trafficking network in the Moulins district of Nice was arrested in Morocco at the end of March 2026. This international arrest is the culmination of (…)
Gims arrested, his projects in Marrakech under the scrutiny of the justice system?
25 March 2026
Rapper Gims was taken into custody this Wednesday in France for money laundering as part of an organized crime group. This arrest, linked to real estate investments abroad, (…)
Marrakech: the police restore the truth about the arrest of a British citizen
24 March 2026
The Moroccan police reject the claims of the Daily Mail regarding the imprisonment of a British citizen. The man was not imprisoned for distributing aid, but is being (…)
Marrakech: A British tourist who wanted to help beggars ends up in custody and without a passport
24 March 2026
A 20-year-old British tourist was arrested and detained in Morocco after filming his distribution of basic necessities to children on the street. Accused of filming without (…)
Dubai is no longer a paradise: Why drug barons are eyeing Morocco
21 March 2026
Long a sanctuary for European drug traffickers, Dubai is losing its appeal due to the increase in extraditions. Pushed out, some leaders of Moroccan-origin organized crime (…)
A 79-year-old French tourist savagely killed in his motorhome in Morocco, a suspect arrested
20 March 2026
The police services quickly solved the murder of a 79-year-old French tourist near Taroudant. A 35-year-old suspect with a psychiatric history was apprehended in possession of (…)
Theft of a $1 million watch: a Moroccan before the Paris Assize Court
20 March 2026
The trial of international thieves, accused of stealing a $1 million watch from an American tourist, has opened in Paris. Among the defendants is a Moroccan national who has (…)