Harhoura

Articles

• King Mohammed VI’s Anger Prompts Rapid Road Repairs in Moroccan Coastal Town
  16 October 2020, by Kamal

  During the Sovereign’s visit on Monday, several irregularities were noted at the level of a coastal road connecting the commune of Harhoura to the center of Temara. Two main roads were consequently closed to traffic.
  The city of Harhoura experienced a real thunderclap at the beginning of the week. The local authorities had to spend a sleepless night trying to restore the road network, the modification of which had caused damage to the urban landscape of the city.
  Several officials (…)

• Double Murder Near Rabat: Suspect Sought in Beachside Stabbings
  22 October 2022, by Prince

  The Royal Gendarmerie is searching for an individual who allegedly committed a double murder on Friday night to Saturday in Harhoura, near Rabat.
  The individual stabbed his two victims to death at the "Casino" site, a very lively area due to the beach and shisha cafes located there. The criminal first murdered a cafe waiter in a rental house, before fatally stabbing the second victim, a security guard stationed at the Témara first instance court, reports Aaabir.ma.
  An investigation has (…)

• Moroccan Raï Star Cheb Simo Arrested for Cocaine Possession, Released on Bail
  26 September 2019, by Sylvanus

  The Royal Gendarmerie of Harhoura, a seaside resort south of Rabat, arrested the singer Cheb Simo. He had several grams of cocaine in his possession.
  Cheb Simo was arrested in possession of cocaine and then released on bail. This raï celebrity was accompanied by a young Moroccan woman residing in the United Arab Emirates, reports Le360.
  According to the same source, she was also brought before the public prosecutor’s office as she was accused of "incitement to debauchery".
  After their (…)

• Speeding Driver Kills Moroccan Gendarme in Checkpoint Collision Near Rabat
  6 October 2019, by Sylvanus

  Wanting to escape a Royal Gendarmerie check on the coastal road connecting the town of Harhoura and Rabat, a driver rammed straight into a gendarme. The latter died on the spot.
  This tragedy occurred on Friday, September 4 near Harhoura, about fifteen kilometers from the city of Rabat.
  According to the account of the facts, the driver of a German-branded car was checked at a speed exceeding the regulatory limit. Witnesses say he was driving at 110 km/h when the speed limit is 50 km/h on (…)

• Driver Charged with Voluntary Homicide in Fatal Collision with Moroccan Gendarme
  8 October 2019, by Kamal

  The judges of the Rabat Court of Appeal have retained voluntary homicide against the driver who fatally hit a gendarme on Friday, October 4, on the road connecting Rabat to Harhoura.
  According to the Maghreb Alyaoum website, the 29-year-old student, who was driving a German sports car at over 110 km/h, was placed in the local prison in Salé, Laarjat. Holder of dual Moroccan-Dutch nationality, he faces a maximum prison sentence.
  The victim, married and father of a child, succumbed to his (…)

• Dismantled Terror Cell in Rabat Planned Attacks on Police and Landmarks
  20 November 2019, by Sylvanus

  These two thirty-year-olds wanted to carry out their plan through knife and car-ramming attacks against police officers working at night, reports Assabah.
  The objective is to seize the service weapons of these agents. Those of the Royal Gendarmerie operating at night on the Rabat-El Harhoura axis, as well as the mixed patrols (Hadar) circulating at the level of Bab El Had in Rabat, were also in their sights.
  In addition to these uniformed men, the two terrorists had planned to (…)

• Top Moroccan Security Chief Oversees Raid Seizing 450kg of Cocaine; Suspect Flees
  21 November 2019, by Kamal

  The head of the General Directorate of National Security (DGSN) was present during an operation carried out overnight from Tuesday to Wednesday by the judicial police elements in the apartment of a former police officer in Harhoura, suspected of cocaine trafficking.
  It was 1 a.m. when various units of the national police invaded the apartment of a man named Amine, in the presence of Abdellatif Hammouchi, Director General of National Security.
  Around 30 years old, the former policeman (…)

• Former Moroccan Police Officer Arrested in Major Cocaine Trafficking Bust Near Rabat
  25 November 2019, by Sylvanus

  Another new arrest in the case of 476 kg of cocaine seized in an apartment in Harhoura, near Rabat. The suspect’s name is Amine E., a former police motorcycle officer.
  Amine E. would be one of the main persons responsible for an international cocaine trafficking and money laundering network, reports h24info. This former motorcycle police officer from the fourth district of Yaacoub Al Mansour in Rabat is the owner of a seafood restaurant in the Agdal district of Rabat and a car rental (…)

• Authorities Thwart Real Estate Scam in Moroccan Coastal Town of Harhoura
  12 December 2019, by Sylvanus

  Thanks to the vigilance of the authorities of the prefecture of Skhirat-Témara, an attempted fraud similar to the real estate spoliation orchestrated by "Bab Darna immobilier" was thwarted.
  Without prior authorization, a real estate developer has installed advertising panels, offered unrealistic offers to potential buyers as part of a housing project on land classified as a green area. Worse, he was receiving a good number of clients.
  Informed of this illegal activity, the caïd of the (…)

• Rabat Court Orders Councilor to Vacate Illegally Converted Beach Toilets
  6 January 2020, by Sylvanus

  An Istiqlal party municipal councilor was ordered to evacuate public toilets, located on the beach of Harhoura, which had been turned into a cafe-restaurant. This is the verdict handed down by the administrative court of appeal of Rabat.
  In 2011, the Istiqlal elected official had obtained a transfer authorization for the operation of a cafe-restaurant for a monthly rent of 10,000 DH, as defined by the administrative evaluation commission. This was during the time of the former, dismissed, (…)