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• French Police Intercept 96 Kilos of Moroccan Cannabis in High-Speed Bust
  23 May 2021, by Sylvanus

  Elements of the National Gendarmerie Intervention Group (GIGN) intercepted two vehicles transporting 96 kilos of Moroccan cannabis and arrested their three occupants, in the night from Tuesday to Wednesday, between the Yvelines and the Loiret. This is the result of an investigation opened on January 30 following two successive accidents on the A10.
  A successful investigation. The Chartres public prosecutor’s office had entrusted the Orléans research section (SR) with a flagrante delicto (…)

• Spanish Police Seize Narco-Drone Smuggling Moroccan Cannabis to Andalusian Beaches
  5 July 2021, by Sylvanus

  A narco-drone loaded with cannabis from the Moroccan Rif to transport it to the Andalusian beaches was seized in Andalusia. In total, about ten people were arrested in Orléans and Spain.
  A first. The investigators of the Anti-Drug Office (Ofast) seized a narco-drone during a search in an isolated house in Vélez-Málaga in Andalusia in June, reports Le Journal du Dimanche. They also arrested about ten people in Orléans and Spain.
  According to them, the traffickers were trying to transport (…)

• Colombian Sailors Allege Abuse in Moroccan Custody After Arrest in Rabat
  21 December 2021, by Prince

  Harold Barona, a Colombian from the municipality of Puerto Escondido, and his compatriots Nelson and Jair, were arrested by the Moroccan police upon their arrival in Rabat. Since then, they have been detained and "mistreated without reason," they claim.
  Barona has been working for several years on a cargo ship to other countries. After several days of sea travel, he and his companions arrive in Rabat and settle in an apartment. From there, they were arrested and "forcibly" taken away by (…)

• Morocco Soccer Violence: 70 Face Charges After Stadium Riot in Rabat
  17 March 2022, by Ginette

  70 individuals, including 18 minors, were brought before the investigating judge at the Court of Appeal of Rabat, following the acts of violence and vandalism that took place last Sunday at the Prince Moulay Abdellah Sports Complex, during the match between AS-FAR and Maghreb de Fès (MAS).
  These 70 people are being prosecuted for forming a criminal gang, damaging public property, attempted rape, aggravated theft and insulting police officers in the performance of their duties.
  The acts (…)

• Moroccan Expat Caught Smuggling 46,000 Euros, Luxury Goods at Tanger Med Port
  17 June 2022, by Ginette

  A Moroccan residing abroad (MRE) was arrested on Wednesday by customs officers at the Tanger Med port. He was trying to bring an undeclared large sum of money, luxury clothing and contraband pharmaceutical products into the national territory.
  In total, 46,000 euros undeclared to financial institutions and a large quantity of contraband clothing and pharmaceutical products were seized from the MRE.
  The catch was rather fruitful for the customs administration, as during a second (…)

• Moroccan Traveler Caught Smuggling €85,000 at Tangier Port
  25 June 2022, by Armel

  A currency trafficking of more than 85,000 euros was thwarted, on Thursday, by the customs services at the Tanger Med port.
  The sum was discovered during the control carried out by the elements on duty on the port platform, with a Moroccan residing in Italy, who was trying to introduce it into the national territory without having an authorization from the Customs and Indirect Taxes Administration (ADII), said the Moroccan customs.
  The currencies were hidden in a backpack with (…)

• UK Murder Suspect Arrested in Morocco After 3-Year Manhunt
  1 February 2023, by Sylvanus

  The Moroccan police have arrested a man wanted for the murder of Robert Powell in Essex three years ago. Pending his extradition to the United Kingdom, he has been placed in detention.
  Suspected of the murder of Robert Powell, 50, a father of three, shot dead on Water Lane, Roydon, in June 2020, Nana Oppong, 42, was arrested in Morocco for the offenses of murder, possession of a firearm with the intent to endanger life and involuntary injury, reports EssexLive. He is the subject of an (…)

• Moroccan Driver Arrested in Ceuta with 79 Kilos of Hashish Bound for Spain
  14 March 2023, by Prince

  The Civil Guard arrested on Monday in the port area of Ceuta a Moroccan transporting 79 kilos of hashish on board his French-registered vehicle, destined for Algeciras. He is accused of a presumed crime against public health.
  The Moroccan was arrested as he was about to board a ferry to Algeciras with his Volkswagen Passat registered in France, reports Ceuta Al Dia. Thanks to the alert given by the sniffer dog, the agents carried out a thorough search of the car, discovering the drug (…)

• Casablanca Police Raid Illicit Parties Following Neighborhood Complaints
  17 October 2019, by Sylvanus

  The apprehended individuals organized, on the night of Saturday, September 12 to Sunday, September 13, in the Derb Omar neighborhood of Casablanca, bunga bunga parties, reports Assabah. On the menu: all kinds of drugs, alcohol, and much more.
  Their arrest follows complaints from residents who informed the security authorities that suspicious activities were being carried out in apartments located in a building on the Place de la Victoire.
  This is how the accused were caught in the act of (…)

• Moroccan Land Dispute Leads to Stabbing Between Cousins in Belgium
  27 July 2020, by Sylvanus

  On Sunday, the aggressor was brought before the investigating judge with a request for an arrest warrant for attempted murder, reports Sudinfo. According to the justice system, a land ownership dispute in Morocco divides the two cousins.
  The victim, a 40-year-old man, is domiciled in Liège. The emergency services took care of him. Fortunately, this man is not in critical condition, as his cousin used a penknife and not a butcher’s knife to stab him.