Five individuals suspected of disobedience, incitement to gathering and endangering the lives of citizens, through the violation of the state of health emergency, were arrested on Monday in Fez.
The police arrested two individuals in Tangier on Sunday. They are accused of inciting gathering and violating the confinement imposed on citizens to counter the COVID-19 pandemic.
A judicial investigation has been opened against a peace officer for his alleged involvement in a corruption case by the prefectural service of the judicial police in the city of Marrakech .
Prosecuted while in custody, the Salafist Abou Naim has been incarcerated since this Friday in the local Oukacha prison for incitement to hatred and violence, according to a decision by the King’s Prosecutor at the Court of First Instance of Ain Sbaâ.
Eighteen people have been arrested for spreading false information about COVID-19.
The dissemination of false information, in these times of stress related to the spread of the coronavirus, is severely punished. Eleven people, including four women, were arrested on Wednesday and Thursday evening by the judicial police elements of Casablanca, Rabat, Chefchaouen, Jerada, El Hajeb, Tiznit, Biougra and Meknes.
A repeat offender was arrested by the judicial police of El Jadida on Thursday for his alleged involvement in a case of public drunkenness. He is also suspected of threatening and participating in the production and dissemination of a video containing erroneous data about the new coronavirus pandemic.
A suspected Belgian terrorist of Moroccan origin was arrested during a coronavirus-related check in the city of Trier, in western Germany, near the border with Luxembourg.
Faced with the dizzying rise of fake news and rumors since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, the Moroccan authorities have never ceased to threaten to crack down according to the rigors of the law. A YouTuber, named "mi Naïma", was apprehended by the BNPJ and placed in custody for broadcasting erroneous content on her channel about the current crisis.
While some are raising awareness for the scrupulous respect of the measures taken by the Moroccan authorities to contain the spread of the coronavirus, others, through publications, are inciting to boycott these provisions. This is the case of these two individuals, aged 38 and 45, arrested this week in Tetouan.
A woman was apprehended on Monday for photographing bathers in a hammam in Marrakech.
Two law enforcement officers will appear on Thursday, March 19, before the criminal chamber near the court of first instance of El Jadida. They are being prosecuted for corruption.