General Directorate of National Security

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• Tourist’s Viral Video Leads to Arrest in Chefchaouen Harassment Case
  17 August 2024, by Sylvanus

  The elements of the General Directorate of National Security (DGSN) succeeded in arresting an individual whom a foreign tourist accused of harassment in a video widely circulated on social networks while she was taking photos during a visit to Chefchaouen.
  Technical expertise reveals that the recording and dissemination of this video date back to May 2023. At that time, the tourist was staying in Morocco, and had not filed any complaint about these acts with the police, the DGSN said. (…)

• Tangier Police Arrest Three in Jewelry Store Heist, Recover Stolen Gold
  15 April, by Prince

  The judicial police of Tangier, in coordination with the services of the General Directorate of Territorial Surveillance (DGST), have arrested three individuals for their alleged involvement in the burglary of a jewelry store.
  Aged between 29 and 46, the accused accessed the premises by drilling a hole in the wall of a building adjacent to the store located in the Beni Makada area, before taking away a significant quantity of jewelry.
  The investigation conducted by the judicial police (…)

• Daring Heist in Tangier: 9 Kilos of Gold Stolen from Jewelry Store During Prayer Time
  14 April, by Said

  A significant security operation was deployed in the Haddad district of Tangier after a jewelry store was targeted by an organized gang in a burglary. The operation took place during prayer time.
  According to available information, the targeted store was burglarized after the perpetrators forced entry into an adjacent commercial property. They then reportedly dug a substantial opening in the wall separating the two shops to access the jewelry store. This method has been described by some (…)

• French Nationals Arrested in Morocco for Running Drug Operation from Garden Supply Store
  5 January 2019, by Said

  Two French nationals were arrested yesterday, Friday, in Tangier for their alleged involvement in a case of drugs and psychotropic substances.
  "The defendants used a plant seed and gardening equipment store to conceal the trafficking of chira and cannabis stems," says the General Directorate of National Security (DGSN) in a statement.
  It adds that the searches led to the discovery, inside the store, of more than 50 small plastic bags containing chira tablets ready for sale and envelopes (…)

• Morocco Arrests Teacher for Online Threats Against Foreign Volunteers
  7 August 2019, by Bladi.net

  A primary school teacher was arrested on the evening of Monday, August 5, 2019, in Taroudant, by the National Brigade of the Judicial Police, in a case of advocacy of terrorist acts and incitement to commit them.
  The defendant posted a Facebook post in which he praised dangerous criminal acts against foreign tourists doing volunteer work in Morocco and incited them. Immediately, the National Brigade of the Judicial Police, in close coordination with the services of the Directorate General (…)

• Morocco Arrests Couple for Alleged Torture of Child Domestic Worker
  23 February 2019, by Amine
• Morocco’s Police Chief Suspends Officers Over Mishandled Child Abuse Case
  5 March 2019, by Said

  The sanction has just been handed down. The Director General of National Security (DGSN), Abdellatif Hammouchi, has just severely sanctioned three police officers for "professional misconduct".
  The details are provided by the police department, according to which it is three officials from the Casablanca police prefecture: the first, a police officer serving in the Ben Msik district, has been provisionally suspended from his duties pending his appearance before the disciplinary council. (…)

• 8-Year-Old Dies After Assault by Mother’s Lover in Morocco
  28 April 2020, by Sylvanus

  An 8-year-old child died on Monday morning at the hospital as a result of complications from the violent physical assault he had suffered from an individual who was having an illegal relationship with the victim’s mother, according to a statement from the General Directorate of National Security (DGSN).
  On April 23, the suspect (26 years old) had inflicted blows and injuries on the victim due to a dispute that opposed him to the mother of the latter with whom he was having an illegal (…)

• French Drug Trafficking Suspect Arrested in Northern Morocco After 7-Year Manhunt
  21 June 2019, by Amine

  A French national of Algerian origin was the subject of an international arrest warrant since 2012. He has just been arrested near Larache, in northern Morocco. He is being prosecuted for drug and psychotropic trafficking. He seemed to be continuing his trafficking in the Kingdom.
  The General Directorate of National Security (DGSN) specifies, in a press release, that this arrest was carried out on May 16, 2019, in the coastal area, near Tnin Sidi El Yamani, in the vicinity of Larache. (…)

• Two Arrested for Highway Robbery and Assault on Morocco’s Fez-Kenitra Road
  3 August 2019, by Bladi.net

  The Public Prosecutor’s Office ordered the detention, for the purposes of the investigation, of two people. They are accused of their alleged involvement in the assault of users of National Road No. 4 connecting Fez to Kenitra.
  These two individuals attacked and robbed users, on the night of July 29, on the RN No. 4, connecting Fez to Kenitra, near the Skhounat douar, in the Meknes region.
  The investigations, carried out by the judicial police and the Royal Gendarmerie services, made it (…)