Morocco continues to record cases of violation of the state of health emergency decreed to fight the covid-19 pandemic. 4.76% of people are being prosecuted in pre-trial detention for violating the state of emergency, reports the Presidency of the Public Prosecutor’s Office.
A terrorist cell linked to the terrorist organization called Daesh has been dismantled in Bolaños de Calatrava (Ciudad Real, central Spain), according to a statement from the Spanish police. The members of this cell were preparing terrorist attacks against security forces in Europe.
The Royal Gendarmerie managed to identify the courier of the chira cargo, recently intercepted at the El Guerguerate border crossing in southern Morocco. It is a businessman arrested in Kénitra who would be the "mastermind" of this trafficking.
The customs officers of Poitiers in the Vienne arrested, on Thursday, May 14, a 48-year-old Spaniard, on the Poitiers-Chincé rest area on the A10 motorway in the South-North direction, during the control of a truck registered in Spain. The driver, who claimed to be transporting automotive spare parts, was actually transporting 1.5 tons of cannabis resin and herb.
The Spanish police arrested, on Wednesday, May 20, four suspected terrorists, during an operation jointly carried out with the Moroccan intelligence services. The alleged "mastermind" of the network is a Moroccan who has fled the kingdom for a few years.
Three security operations carried out jointly by customs and the police led to the seizure of a large quantity of drugs. The customs services announced that these operations were carried out in one week, during the lockdown due to the covid-19 pandemic.
The Casablanca police arrested, on Tuesday, May 19, a sports journalist, for his alleged involvement in a drug trafficking network.
The police arrested five young people, including two girls, who were smoking in broad daylight and in public in Marrakech. They are accused of violating Ramadan and confinement.
The verdict is in in the "David Beach sheep massacre" case. The French national was sentenced to one month in prison.
The Moroccan police services, in a joint operation with the customs services operating at the El Guerguarat border post, south of Dakhla, proceeded on Friday to the seizure of 6.3 tons of cannabis resin. The goods were hidden in an international transport truck heading to an African country.
Sahrawi activist Mohamed Dihani, arrested in Tunisia on Friday, May 15, could be expelled in the coming days to Morocco . He is the subject of an extradition warrant issued by the Moroccan justice system for links to terrorism.
The cybercrime unit, in collaboration with the judicial police of the provincial district of Khouribga, dismantled a network of 4 scammers, including a young woman from the city of Oued Zem.