The elements of the judicial center of the Royal Gendarmerie of Bouskoura have succeeded in arresting one of the most wanted drug barons in the kingdom, putting an end to his long flight.
A Moroccan well known to the police services and in regular situation on French territory until October 2025 was arrested and then placed in custody after lighting his cigarette with the flame of the Unknown Soldier. His residence permit will be withdrawn.
An 18-year-old girl, who had filed a complaint for gang rape against Moroccans in Ferrol (Galicia), has just retracted her statements, claiming that these events never occurred.
In Morocco, the use of cocaine has become quite common during private parties organized in the discreet residences of upscale neighborhoods, the furnished apartments of chic areas, as well as nightclubs. Despite arrests and seizures, the phenomenon is growing.
The national police and customs agents operating in the port of Tanger Med intercepted a truck that was transporting 4.374 tons of hashish, hidden in oranges, destined for a European port. The drugs were seized and the truck driver was arrested.
A Moroccan doctor wanted by the Moroccan justice system for voluntary homicide has been arrested by the French authorities. He would be behind the mysterious disappearance and murder of his wife, also a doctor, whose body was found buried near Taza.
Belgium wants to deprive major criminals like the Belgian-Moroccan drug trafficker Othman El Ballouti, the "cocaine king" arrested in the United Arab Emirates, extradited from Dubai and now incarcerated in Bruges, of their power - even behind bars. In this sense, Belgian Justice Minister Annelies Verlinden plans to toughen their detention conditions.
The Mossos d’Esquadra have dismantled a network of stolen mobile phone trafficking from Barcelona, sold on the black market in Morocco and China. In total, about twenty people were arrested and more than a thousand smartphones seized.
Back from vacation in Morocco, a young Moroccan woman legally established in France for seven years found herself locked up in the waiting area of Roissy-Charles-de-Gaulle airport, even though she holds a valid receipt authorizing her to stay on French territory until September 17, 2025.
A foreign-registered off-road vehicle entered the beach of Agadir, causing panic. Its driver was arrested by the police patrols operating on the city’s beach.
The Moroccan police arrested an Israeli businessman for Forex fraud and a Franco-Israeli for a case of kidnapping and extortion at the Mohammed V International Airport in Casablanca. Both were wanted by Interpol.
The local police in Tarifa arrested a minor who was traveling to Morocco with his family from the Netherlands, after he physically assaulted his mother and sister in the middle of the street.