Morocco Intensifies COVID-19 Enforcement at Hotels and Restaurants

Speaking to the press, Boubker Sabik declared that the law will be applied rigorously, in order to ensure compliance with the state of health emergency for an effective fight against the spread of the new coronavirus pandemic. The goal is not to harm but to preserve the health of citizens, to ensure the proper implementation of the regulations governing the operation of hotels, classified restaurants, cafes and other tourist units.

According to the spokesperson, in one week, the Casablanca police prefecture carried out 54 raids in tourist and hotel establishments, and found numerous violations. 118 offenses were recorded, and some are the subject of investigations conducted by the judicial police, reports the MAP.

49 restaurants with alcoholic beverage sales and 117 cafes were checked in the Ain Diab corniche area. The manager of a hotel and four of his clients of Algerian origin were even taken into custody. The checks in his hotel led to the seizure of 108 counterfeit tax stamps, 22 caps sealed with a fake Customs stamp, 11 bottles of smuggled alcohol. The arrested customers had been illegally residing in Morocco since 2019.

The judicial police opened an investigation to shed light on this case, identify all those involved and hand them over to justice.