General Directorate of National Security

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• Violent Clashes Erupt in Moroccan City as Student Protest Turns Chaotic, Police Injured
  8 March 2019, by Said

  The city of Errachidia experienced a very agitated day yesterday with clashes between students and police forces. Many were injured, including police officers.
  The origin of these clashes was the ban by the local authorities on a student demonstration in support of striking teachers and especially access to the city center. This was followed by stone throwing by the students, injuring several police officers.
  According to local sources cited by the website Alyaoum24, the police arrested (…)

• Illegal Abortion Tragedy in Morocco Leads to Multiple Arrests
  1 February 2023, by Ginette

  Four people were arrested by elements of the national brigade of the judicial police of Inezgane, and brought before the public prosecutor for their involvement in an illegal abortion that turned into a tragedy.
  These are two women, the doctor who owns the private clinic where the victim was transferred after the complications related to the traditional abortion, and another person. They risk heavy sentences for their involvement to varying degrees in this drama, indicates the General (…)

• Brother Arrested for Murder and Arson in Boujdour Family Home Tragedy
  10 February 2023, by Said

  The police of the provincial district of Boujdour arrested on Wednesday a 28-year-old man, suspected of being involved in the premeditated murder of his brother.
  Intensive investigations led to the identification of the victim’s brother as the main suspect in the crime. He was arrested shortly after the discovery of the victim’s body, a 22-year-old man found with apparent signs of violence following the extinguishing of an intentionally set fire at the family home, according to the DGSN. (…)

• Mentally Disturbed Man Kills Policeman, Injures Son in Moroccan Knife Attack
  6 February 2019, by Said

  An individual showing signs of mental disturbance killed Tuesday a policeman and seriously injured his 27-year-old son in a knife attack.
  The suspect "attacked the victim without any logical or apparent reason, stabbing him with a knife, causing his death and seriously injuring his son in the abdomen," says the General Directorate of National Security (DGSN) in a statement, specifying that the individual was in the habit of going to the policeman’s home "because of his ties with his (…)

• Moroccan Police Officials Disciplined for Data Breach in Transgender Arrest Case
  7 January 2019, by Said

  Several senior police officials have been sanctioned by the Director General of the National Security Directorate (DGSN) following the disclosure of the personal data of a transvestite arrested on January 1st following a car accident.
  "The Director General of National Security has decided on disciplinary sanctions ranging from temporary suspension of work to reprimand or warning against four officials of the Marrakech police prefecture for failure to fulfill professional obligations and (…)

• Morocco Boosts Security Measures for New Year’s Eve Celebrations
  28 December 2022, by Sylvanus

  The General Directorate of National Security (DGSN) is working to ensure the safety of Moroccans on the occasion of New Year’s Eve 2023. A special security system has already been put in place.
  The time has come to mobilize all logistical, material and human resources on the eve of New Year’s Eve 2023. The DGSN has put in place a security system in order to guarantee the safety of the population during the festivities, reports the Arabic daily Al Ahdath Al Maghribia. The security services (…)

• Morocco Reports Over 1,200 Road Accidents in One Week, 11 Fatalities
  9 July 2020, by Ginette

  The week of June 29 to July 5, 2020 recorded 1,270 road accidents in which 1,766 people were injured, including 55 seriously, and 11 died. These figures were published by the General Directorate of National Security (DGSN).
  According to the institution, these accidents are mainly caused by driver inattention, failure to yield the right-of-way, pedestrian inattention, speeding, changing direction without using a signal, driving under the influence of alcohol, and improper overtaking, in a (…)

• 11-Year-Old Arrested for Knife Attack on Classmates Outside Morocco School
  12 February 2020, by Kamal

  At just 11 years old, a child has just been arrested by the elements of the judicial police of Berrechid, for the knife attack on 5 minor students, outside a school.
  A conflict, the circumstances of which have not yet been revealed, broke out between the 11-year-old child and the students of the establishment, leading to the assault of 5 minors, 2 of whom were seriously injured in the face.
  The press release from the General Directorate of National Security, which did not fail to (…)

• Moroccan Authorities Incinerate 12 Tons of Seized Drugs in Al Hoceima
  13 November 2020, by Ginette

  The Boukidaren wholesale market was used as the site for the destruction of about 12 tons of drugs. These are mainly seizures made in recent months during several operations in Al Hoceima.
  This destruction operation was carried out under the supervision of a joint commission, chaired by the Deputy Prosecutor of the King near the Court of First Instance of Al Hoceima and composed of representatives of Customs, the National Security, the Royal Gendarmerie, the local authority, Civil (…)

• Morocco Police Bust Major Drug Ring: 7 Tons of Cannabis Seized, 6 Arrested
  17 December 2018, by Said

  Six people involved in an active network in the cultivation, production and trafficking of drugs were arrested on Friday and Saturday by the police in the Ouezzane region.
  "Two suspects were apprehended in the act of attempting to traffic 17 kilograms of chira (cannabis resin)," says the General Directorate of National Security (DGSN) in a statement, adding that "the search operations carried out in coordination with the services of the Royal Gendarmerie in the native douar of the two (…)