Moroccan Kickboxer Mohammed Jaraya Remains Jailed on Drug and Arms Trafficking Charges

At the first hearing before the Den Bosch court on Thursday, May 4, public prosecutor Jolanda Vermeulen stated that the Moroccan kickboxer found himself in a milieu of "hardened criminals" and dirty money. From the Roermond prison, Mohammed Jaraya appeared by videoconference. He argued that his professional contract with the Glory boxing organization is at stake, or even his entire career, but the court decided to keep him in detention, reports AD.

Mohammed Jaraya was arrested on January 26 at his home in Den Bosch. Brought before the investigating judge, he will be incarcerated on suspicion of money laundering, drug trafficking and arms trafficking. He would be at odds with a criminal gang and would have been involved in the theft of a large shipment of cocaine. The former butcher’s shop of his father on Kapelaan Koopmansplein in Den Bosch has been the target of an attack twice. The sports hall in Den Bosch-West where he often trains has not been spared either. These would be the warnings intended for the Moroccan.

The police claim to have received information that the kickboxer himself would be in danger if he were free again. A false alarm, according to his lawyer Jan-Hein Kuijpers. According to the public prosecutor, there is also a question of expensive watches according to decrypted messages from his encrypted phone. There was "not a gram of drugs" in the case and only one Rolex had been seized, reacted the lawyer Kuijpers.

"The Advocate General of the Supreme Court will answer next week the question of the extent to which intercepted messages from cracked encrypted phones can weigh in criminal cases, which can also be important for the kickboxer," the defense of Mohammed Jaraya also adds.