Arrest

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• Moroccan Expat Caught Smuggling $2.7 Million in Foreign Currency at Ceuta Border
  20 December 2019, by Bladi.net

  Significant sums of foreign currency, estimated at more than 25 million dirhams, were seized at the Bab Sebta crossing point on Wednesday, December 18, 2019.
  A check by the customs services at the Bab Sebta crossing point made it possible to thwart a foreign exchange trafficking operation. According to a customs source quoted by the Map, the operation led to the seizure of 17,264,600 Danish kroner and 120,180 Swiss francs, i.e. an estimated value of 25.915 million dirhams, hidden in a (…)

• Moroccan Prince Criticizes Journalist’s Arrest, Calls for Free Speech Protections
  30 December 2019, by Ginette

  "The availability of the necessary legal arsenal to protect national institutions is one thing, and the continued use of this arsenal to undermine public debate on concerns that can only be addressed through debate in a free society, is another," he writes.
  For Prince Moulay Hicham, issues related to human development and economic growth "cannot be addressed in depth and seriously without clear guarantees that freedom of expression and publication, and other human rights, will remain (…)

• Six Arrested in Morocco for Fatal Stoning and Stabbing Over Love Triangle
  16 January 2020, by Sylvanus

  Elements of the Royal Gendarmerie arrested six individuals in Kelaât Sraghna. They stoned and stabbed to death a 26-year-old man. The origin of this murder was a simple love story.
  The victim and one of his attackers were fighting over the same woman named Chtiba, a resident of their douar, reports Assabah. The latter had called on the services of certain individuals with heavy criminal records to assassinate his rival.
  These individuals burst into the young man’s home. They stoned him (…)

• US Fraud Suspect Arrested in Morocco: Beninese National Wanted for $873,000 Tax Scheme
  12 February 2020, by Bladi.net

  In execution of an international arrest warrant issued by the US judicial authorities, elements of the prefectural service of the judicial police of the city of Marrakech arrested, last Monday, a 29-year-old Beninese national. The latter would be involved in fraud cases.
  According to the General Directorate of National Security (DGSN), the accused is the subject of a red notice issued by the International Criminal Police Organization since October 22 last.
  The Beninese national is (…)

• Moroccan Stylist Extradited in High-Profile Social Media Scandal
  19 February 2020, by Sylvanus

  The arrest of Aïcha Ayach, the alleged main sponsor of the "Hamza mon bb" accounts on Instagram and Snapchat, took place on Tuesday, February 18, 2020, in the United Arab Emirates. The fashion stylist was the subject of an international arrest warrant.
  After her arrest, Aïcha Ayach was extradited to Morocco. This, thanks to a judicial cooperation agreement between the kingdom and the United Arab Emirates, signed in April 2016, indicates TelQuel.
  The thirty-year-old woman would be (…)

• Moroccan Police Seize 1.5 Tons of Hashish in Major Drug Bust Near Errachidia
  5 March 2020, by Ginette

  The Errachidia police arrested two individuals on Tuesday, transporting 1.482 tons of hashish on board a truck. This operation was made possible thanks to the precise information provided by the services of the General Directorate of Territorial Surveillance (DGST).
  The two suspects, aged 50 and 54, were arrested on board a truck registered in Morocco, in the rural commune of "Msissi", near Tinghir, according to the General Directorate of National Security (DGSN).
  In addition to the (…)

• Morocco’s Anti-Corruption Hotline Leads to Arrest of Three Government Officials
  14 March 2020, by Ginette

  The toll-free number made available to citizens to report cases of corruption they are aware of or victims of, continues to bring down big shots. Last Wednesday, the abuses of a caïd in Kelâa des Sraghna and two state officials in El Jadida were reported.
  An initial official complaint was filed with the Presidency of the Public Prosecutor’s Office in Rabat on Wednesday morning, via the toll-free number. It is a farmer from a rural commune in Kelâa des Sraghna, who denounced a caïd who (…)

• Moroccan Police Seize 3.7 Tons of Cannabis in Major Drug Bust Near Azemmour
  8 September 2020, by Ginette

  A repeat offender was arrested on Sunday by elements of the National Brigade of the Judicial Police (BNPJ). According to information provided by the Directorate General of Territorial Surveillance (DGST), the 37-year-old man would be linked to a criminal network active in the international cannabis resin trafficking.
  In a statement, the Directorate General of National Security (DGSN) indicated that the operation was carried out in coordination with the Royal Gendarmerie at the level of (…)

• Franco-Moroccan Actor Saïd Taghmaoui Fined for Violating Morocco’s COVID-19 Restrictions
  6 April 2021, by Ginette

  Another Moroccan actor caught in flagrant violation of the state of health emergency. It is the Franco-Moroccan actor Saïd Taghmaoui, who had to pay a fine of 300 dirhams as a penalty.
  Saïd Thaghmaoui was not the only one arrested that day. He was in the company of 22 other people in a restaurant. All these people also paid the fine after being caught in flagrant violation of the state of emergency, decreed to fight the Covid-19 pandemic. The owner of the restaurant was heard by the (…)

• French Duo Arrested in Perpignan for Running 23-Year Child Pornography Ring in Spain
  14 May 2021, by Sylvanus

  Suspected of having run a real child pornography industry in Spain for 23 years, a sexagenarian and a septuagenarian were arrested last Wednesday in Perpignan, putting an end to a three-year manhunt. The arrest of the first suspect took place during a cash withdrawal in Perpignan. The second was arrested at their home in Amélie-les-Bains, in the Pyrénées-Orientales, reports Europe 1. During the search, the police seized more than 20,000 euros in cash, as well as fake papers, a computer and (…)