Morocco Busts Sophisticated Driving Test Cheating Ring, 10 Arrested

The arrest took place on Tuesday, May 7. The people arrested, aged 21 to 47, used sophisticated techniques to facilitate cheating. Driving school employees transmitted the answers to the exams to candidates equipped with earphones and smartphones carefully hidden. Among these people are two instructors, a candidate, three employees of an examination center and four intermediaries, caught in the act, specifies the General Directorate of National Security (DGSN) in a press release. During the searches carried out in their respective homes and workplaces, the investigators seized shirts equipped with miniaturized earphones, three cars, as well as about twenty tablets of cannabis resin weighing a total of 2 kilograms. After their arrest, the ten defendants were placed in pre-trial detention for the needs of the investigation, supervised by the competent public prosecutor’s office, in order to search for possible other accomplices and possible ramifications of this network at the national level.

In a statement to SNRT, Nacer Boulaajoul, director of the National Road Safety Agency (NARSA), stressed the ongoing efforts of NARSA to strengthen surveillance measures during driving license exams. Also, he assured the public that all examination facilities are equipped with state-of-the-art camera surveillance systems and vigilant supervisors, ensuring the integrity of the examination process. According to the official, cases of cheating like these are relatively rare. He also stated that decisive measures will be taken against individuals who use modern technologies to circumvent examination protocols.