Two individuals aged 20 and 34 were arrested by the judicial police elements of Laâyoune. They would be involved in a case of drug and psychotropic trafficking and possession of a firearm.
The local authorities of Laâyoune have decided to close the port "until further notice" in order to avoid a second wave of coronavirus contamination. But it remains open for sailors who have undergone screening tests.
To avoid a second wave of the coronavirus epidemic, the local authorities of the city of Laâyoune have decided, on Saturday, to close the port of the city until further notice.
Elements of the judicial police service of the Laâyoune police prefecture arrested two individuals aged 37 and 38, one of whom is Mauritanian. They would be involved in illegal immigration and human trafficking activities.
Morocco is implementing a project for an expressway of more than 1,000 km with the cities of Tiznit, Dakhla and Laâyoune as its route. Its total cost is estimated at nearly 10 billion dirhams.
14 individuals, including a Mauritanian and a Senegalese, were arrested in Lâayoune . They are accused of their links with a criminal network operating in the international trafficking of drugs and psychotropic substances and possession of firearms.
Since last week, several people of sub-Saharan origin have been arrested by the Moroccan authorities in Laâyoune, in the south of the country, for quarantine and to undergo a Covid-19 screening test. "There is no water... We are not eating...", explains one of them.
At the time of the gradual deconfinement in Morocco, new epidemic outbreaks are appearing. After the industrial cluster in Kénitra, another cluster was recorded in a fish canning factory in El Marsa, located about twenty kilometers from Laâyoune.
For the 3rd consecutive day, Morocco is experiencing a sharp increase in coronavirus infection cases. This is what the Ministry of Health has just indicated in its 6 pm report. Thus, the Kingdom records 138 new cases, bringing the total to 9,977 since the beginning of the epidemic.
Serving at the regional police station in El Marsa in Laâyoune , a police inspector was arrested on Wednesday by elements of the National Brigade of the Judicial Police (BNPJ). The inspector would be indicted in a corruption case.
14 migrants from Laâyoune have tested positive for coronavirus in the Canary Islands. They were rescued off the coast of Fuerteventura and taken care of by the local authorities.
A senior police officer, from the Laâyoune police prefecture, is being prosecuted for his alleged involvement in a case of corruption and disclosure of professional secrecy. A preliminary investigation was opened against him on Thursday evening by the national brigade of the judicial police, under the supervision of the competent prosecutor’s office.