Moroccan Authorities Bust Illegal Bar in Marrakech, Arrest 26 in Raid

The gendarmes carried out a raid on the establishment on the night of Saturday to Sunday and arrested four managers as well as 22 customers, including women, according to sources at Assabah. The agents discovered large quantities of alcoholic beverages from smuggling as well as drugs with the customers, most of whom were intoxicated.

The public prosecutor ordered the detention of the arrested persons for the needs of the investigation. The alcoholic beverages already served to the customers, those in stock in the bar’s refrigerator or in unauthorized warehouses, as well as narghiles and a large quantity of tobacco, were seized by the gendarmes.