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• Moroccan Intelligence Agency Claims Key Role in Foiling French Church Terror Plot
  7 April 2021, by Prince

  The Directorate General of Territorial Surveillance (DGST) would reproach the French intelligence services DGSE-DGSI for deliberately failing to recognize the decisive role it played in the operation to dismantle a terrorist cell in Béziers.
  The French intelligence services carried out the arrest of an 18-year-old woman in Béziers on Sunday who had pledged allegiance to Daesh and was planning a violent action against a church in Montpellier. This operation was a success thanks to the (…)

• Morocco Aids France in Foiling Easter Church Attack Plot, Teen Suspect Charged
  10 April 2021, by Sylvanus

  Morocco helped France thwart an attack last Sunday in Béziers. The young woman of Moroccan origin who was arrested and was about to attack a church is facing French justice.
  In a press release, the French anti-terrorist prosecutor’s office (PNAT) announced that L.B., the 18-year-old Moroccan woman, will be indicted after being brought before the anti-terrorist justice. After four days of being held in custody, she was presented to an investigating judge in charge of continuing the (…)

• Teen Suspect in Thwarted French Church Attack Had ’Fascination with Violent Death’
  19 April 2021, by Sylvanus

  We know a little more about Leila B., the 18-year-old Moroccan suspected of wanting to commit an attack against a church in Béziers. In her diary, she expresses her "fascination for violent death," Nazism or even the beheadings of the Islamic State.
  The investigation into the thwarted attack in Béziers thanks to Moroccan intelligence is progressing. During a search of Leila B.’s home, the young woman arrested in the night of April 3 to 4, indicted on April 8 for "criminal terrorist (…)

• Moroccan Man Sentenced to 4 Years for Violent Robbery of Elderly Woman in Béziers
  25 October 2021, by Sylvanus

  A 41-year-old Moroccan was sentenced this week to four years in prison with a committal order by the Béziers criminal court. He had injured an octogenarian by snatching her necklace on October 17 in the city center of the sub-prefecture of Hérault.
  The events had taken place on October 17. That day, an 84-year-old woman was accosted by a young man who snatched her necklace and her handbag in the center of Béziers. The aggressor had caused her a fractured wrist (three weeks of ITT). (…)

• Reconstruction Fails to Explain Death of Man Arrested During COVID Lockdown in France
  24 March 2023, by Prince

  The French justice system finished on Wednesday the reconstruction of the death of Mohamed Gabsi, 33, following his arrest on April 8, 2020 in Béziers (Hérault). The municipal police officer involved, Guillaume L., was unable to explain the causes of the bruise on the victim’s neck.
  For three years, justice has been trying to determine the conditions of the arrest, care and transport of Mohamed Gabsi, arrested by three municipal agents during the first lockdown and who died after his (…)

• Moroccan Trucker Sentenced to 5 Years for Smuggling 589 kg of Cannabis on French Highway
  1 June 2023, by Said

  The Béziers Criminal Court ruled on Wednesday on the fate of a Moroccan truck driver. He had been intercepted on the A9 motorway on May 10 with 589 kilograms of cannabis pollen. The events took place at a rest area located in the Béziers region.
  At the age of 52 and having never had to deal with the French justice system, the man was given a heavy sentence of five years in prison, as well as a customs fine of 1.170 million euros for the illicit transport of cannabis. The prosecution had (…)

• Major Crime Syndicate Trial Begins in Béziers with Heightened Security
  4 July 2023, by Prince

  An extraordinary trial opened on Monday in Béziers. Twenty defendants, including a Moroccan, are accused of drug trafficking, arms trafficking, stolen cars, etc., and about fifty civil parties are involved. The trial is taking place under heavy security and will last ten days.
  A large contingent of police, gendarmes, and agents from the Regional Intervention and Security Team (Eris) have been deployed to the courthouse to ensure the safety and serenity of the trial, reports Midi Libre. (…)

• Bayer Leverkusen’s Amine Adli Opts for Morocco National Team Over France
  27 August 2023, by Sylvanus

  Born in Béziers to Moroccan parents, Bayer Leverkusen striker Amine Adli, who has played for the French U18 and U21 teams, would have chosen to join the den of the Atlas Lions.
  Has Amine Adli chosen his sporting nationality? He would have told the beInSport correspondent that he was going to join the Moroccan squad, the country of his parents. The one who has defended the colors of the Blues with the U19 and the Espoirs would have hailed the historic and exceptional journey of the Atlas (…)

• Drug-Related Shooting in Béziers Leaves Young Moroccan Man Dead, Police Investigate
  30 August 2023, by Sylvanus

  The Montpellier judicial police are conducting an investigation to shed light on the murder of a 21-year-old Moroccan in Béziers. They suspect a settling of scores related to drug trafficking.
  Around fifty shell casings were found at the crime scene, and about ten bullet impacts were recorded on the victim’s car. A 21-year-old man was killed by gunfire in the night from Tuesday to Wednesday in the Devèze neighborhood of Béziers, according to a police source to Figaro. The incident (…)

• Béziers Mourns 61-Year-Old Moroccan Man Killed by Young Neighbor
  7 December 2024, by Said

  A gathering in tribute to Mohammed Idrissi, 61, of Moroccan origin, killed by a stab wound to the throat by his 22-year-old neighbor, is organized this Sunday, December 8 in Béziers. The procession will start from the sub-prefecture at 2 p.m.
  Driss Bouhaja, president of the Franco-Moroccan Friendship Association of Béziers, knew the victim and part of his family. "As we often say, but it’s not exaggerated, Mohammed was a good man," he testifies to Midi Libre, his voice choked. A discreet (…)