
Morocco Busts Illegal Lab Selling Fake Covid-19 Test Certificates
A network of fake Covid-19 test trafficking has been dismantled in an unauthorized laboratory in Sidi Kacem. Several people have been arrested and placed in pre-trial detention.

A network of fake Covid-19 test trafficking has been dismantled in an unauthorized laboratory in Sidi Kacem. Several people have been arrested and placed in pre-trial detention.

A senior police inspector is the subject of a judicial investigation conducted by the National Brigade of the Judicial Police. the accused is involved in a case of drug trafficking and possession of money of dubious origin.

The royal gendarmerie brigade of Khouribga has gone after several treasure hunters. They would have exhumed treasures in a cemetery in the rural commune of Ouled Abdoune.

Three individuals, including a minor and a repeat offender, were arrested on Monday morning by the police of the provincial district of Khémisset. They would be involved in a case of assault and battery resulting in death.

Seven people were arrested by elements of the judicial police brigade at the provincial security district in Nador for their alleged involvement in a case of fraud, of which candidates for illegal immigration were victims. They were also arrested for kidnapping, sequestration with violence and ransom demand.

The police arrested, on Saturday, January 16, three Moroccan minors aged 12, 13 and 14. Two of them are accused of having broken a window of a house and the third of home invasion.

On Friday evening, the security services of the city of Ksar el-Kébir thwarted an attempt to traffic 2,360 kilograms of cannabis resin. They also arrested an individual who would have links with a drug and psychotropic trafficking network.

The manager of a transport company in Bain-de-Bretagne (Ille-et-Vilaine), a 39-year-old Moroccan, is suspected of having employed 42 people in an irregular situation and of fraud in the partial activity scheme during the lockdown. Pending his appearance, he was referred to the Rennes public prosecutor’s office.

An individual was sentenced to 10 years in prison by the Criminal Chamber near the Court of Appeal of Casablanca. He is accused of murdering his friend during a drunken evening.

The owner of the YouTube channel "Bila Houdoud" has been placed in pre-trial detention in a defamation case. His trial is scheduled for February 2.

Moroccan dancer Cheikha Trax was arrested on Thursday, January 14, 2021 at her home in Marrakech for non-compliance with the state of emergency. She will be prosecuted at liberty following a decision by the Prosecutor of the King near the Marrakech court.

Two people were arrested on Thursday by elements of the Judicial Police Brigade of Sidi Kacem , for falsifying Covid-19 screening test results. It is a technician and the husband of the owner of a medical analysis laboratory.