From prison, Nasser Zefzafi, leader of the "Hirak" protest movement, has reacted to the arrests of young people from Genz212, who organized demonstrations in several Moroccan cities last weekend.
Based on precise intelligence from the Directorate General of Territorial Surveillance (DGST), elements of the Marrakech prefecture police successfully apprehended a French national, who was the subject of an international arrest warrant issued against him by the French judicial authorities.
The nicknamed "El Jabli", a drug baron wanted for drug trafficking in the region, settled his scores with his rival, shooting him with a firearm in the Chiadma forest, near Bir Jdid. The Royal Gendarmerie is conducting a thorough investigation to dismantle the network.
After the extradition of the Moroccan-origin drug trafficker Othman El Ballouti, arrested in early December 2024 in Dubai, and that of Nordin El Hajjioui, nicknamed "Dikke Nordin", Belgium is demanding others.
The Civil Guard has intercepted in the port of Melilla a high-end BMW car worth 193,000 euros, stolen in Belgium and destined for Morocco. The driver was arrested and the vehicle seized.
Many young Moroccans responded this weekend to the call to demonstrate by the GenZ 212 group. These demonstrations, which took place in at least 11 cities of the kingdom, were harshly repressed by the police. Dozens of protesters were arrested over these two days.
The Moroccan police arrested Younes El Ballouti, long wanted for international cocaine trafficking, in a shisha café in Tangier. He is incarcerated in the Casablanca prison.
In less than 24 hours, the elements of the Royal Gendarmerie arrested an individual suspected of having assaulted a British tourist in the tourist area of Taghazout, on the outskirts of Agadir.
One of Moussa’s closest associates has been arrested by the police. This man had attended the ultra-luxurious and controversial wedding of the drug baron.
The police prevented a protest organized by young people on Saturday in Rabat to demand "reforms of the education and health systems". Several people were arrested.
Arriving in Morocco to spend a vacation with three friends, a British tourist was arrested at Marrakech airport, questioned and then deported to Manchester instead of Edinburgh, her departure destination.
The Moroccan authorities have arrested at the Beni Enzar border post a former civil guard (gendarme) in possession of 30 kilos of hashish carefully hidden in his car.