Nine individuals, including two police officers serving at the provincial security district of Guelmim, were arrested by the national brigade of the judicial police (BNPJ) on January 20 and 21. They would be involved in a case of forgery, corruption, disclosure of professional secrecy and drug trafficking.
The criminal chamber of the Court of Appeal of Casablanca sentenced a 27-year-old man to eight years in prison for the murder of his wife’s harasser, a 21-year-old youth from his neighborhood.
The trial of an international drug trafficking network between Morocco, Spain and Belgium originating from a fruit and vegetable company in Saint-Josse will resume on February 2. This is the decision taken by the Brussels criminal court.
The judicial police of the city of Tétouan have opened an investigation after a young man was seriously injured by gunfire in the Fnideq region. He would be the victim of a settling of scores between drug trafficking gangs.
Another alleged drug trafficker was arrested in Tangier as part of the investigation opened following the seizure of 12 tons of drugs and the crash of a light aircraft transporting drugs to Spain.
The Royal Moroccan Navy carried out a high-speed chase at sea on Friday to try to arrest drug traffickers. In their flight, the latter ended up throwing two tons of drugs into the sea, which were seized as well as the 11 tons found the same day in a villa in Tangier.
In Tangier , elements of the Royal Gendarmerie discovered and seized a large sum of money in two luxury villas. These searches follow the seizure of 12 tons of drugs last Monday. The traffickers, however, have vanished.
The Algeciras investigating court ordered the provisional detention of three Civil Guards accused of crimes against public health, corruption and membership in a criminal organization. They would be linked to drug traffickers in Morocco.
The plane that crashed in Tangier on November 30 was a former aircraft transporting drugs to Spain. After the arrest of the driver, a Spanish pilot, an investigation is underway to identify the instigators of this drug trafficking network.
The judicial police of Tangier announced on Tuesday the seizure of more than a ton of hashish followed by the arrest of an individual who would be involved in an international drug and psychotropic trafficking network.
The American rapper of Moroccan origin, French Montana , went to the Capitol where he met with American officials to talk to them about the opioid epidemic and immigration.
Some 2.5 tons of drugs were seized on Friday by the police and customs services of the city of Almeria, in southern Spain. The drug shipment came from Morocco.