Ouezzane

Articles

• Morocco Police Bust Major Drug Ring: 7 Tons of Cannabis Seized, 6 Arrested
  17 December 2018, by Said

  Six people involved in an active network in the cultivation, production and trafficking of drugs were arrested on Friday and Saturday by the police in the Ouezzane region.
  "Two suspects were apprehended in the act of attempting to traffic 17 kilograms of chira (cannabis resin)," says the General Directorate of National Security (DGSN) in a statement, adding that "the search operations carried out in coordination with the services of the Royal Gendarmerie in the native douar of the two (…)

• Morocco: School Bus Driver Assaults Teen for Eating During Ramadan, Sparks Outrage
  22 May 2019, by Amine

  A human rights defense association in Ouazzane has protested against an act of violence perpetrated by a school bus driver against a 14-year-old girl who was eating on the bus during Ramadan.
  Last Friday, a 14-year-old student was verbally and physically assaulted by a school bus driver because she was eating inside the school bus, in broad daylight and during Ramadan. This happened on the way back.
  The Moroccan League for the Defense of Human Rights in Ouazzane does not intend to stop (…)

• Morocco Arrests Suspect in Alleged Human Trafficking Ring Targeting Young Women
  3 June 2019, by Amine

  A man in his sixties has just been arrested in Ouazzane for his alleged involvement in a human trafficking racket. And he was charging his victims...
  In an article titled by the media Article19 "Pimping - Arrest in Ouazzane of a man engaged in the "sale" of young girls to rich Gulf countries" and talking about more than 800 victims, 74 of whom have already been identified, we can read the following shocking statements: "The number of identified victims exceeds 74, they were married in the (…)

• Moroccan Rights Group Proposes Castration for Sex Offenders Amid Rising Rape Cases
  27 August 2019, by Bladi.net

  Cases of rape are multiplying in Ouazzane. Faced with this painful situation for the families of the victims, it is the Regional Office of the Moroccan League of Human Rights (LMDH) that has taken the lead, proposing the "surgical castration" of criminals.
  This proposal from the Regional Office of the Moroccan League of Human Rights is based on the extent of the phenomenon in the region, and in particular on the work carried out by its section in Ouazzane, reports Hespress.
  Indeed, in (…)

• Moroccan Authorities Uncover ISIS Cell’s Hidden Base in Ouazzane Mountains
  29 October 2019, by Bladi.net

  A hideout of the dismantled terrorist cell was located on Sunday, October 27, 2019. This location, located on the heights of Brichka, in the province of Ouazzane, would have served as a refuge for the alleged terrorists, once the act was carried out.
  The site discovered by the elements of the Central Bureau of Judicial Investigation (BCIJ) also served to prepare the attacks.
  Accompanied by three alleged terrorists, under heavy escort, the special forces, according to the press release (…)

• Northern Morocco’s Cannabis Debate Overshadows Water Crisis, Political Parties Clash
  8 January 2020, by Bladi.net

  For their return to the political scene in the north, political party leaders, including the Authenticity and Modernity Party (PAM) and Istiqlal, have surfed on the argument of cannabis decriminalization to convince the populations. However, they lack arguments in the face of the water crisis raging in Chefchaouen and Ouazzane.
  Concerns related to cannabis cultivation and decriminalization are recurrent in the north of the kingdom and constitute real arguments used by political parties, (…)

• Repeat Offender Arrested in Morocco for Armed Pharmacy Robbery
  11 February 2020, by Ginette

  A repeat offender, aged 41, was arrested on Monday evening for his alleged involvement in an armed robbery case at a pharmacy. The operation was jointly carried out by elements of the judicial police brigade of Ouazzane and those of the city of Mechra Bel Ksiri.
  The defendant was apprehended on board a car of dubious origin, in the city of Mechra Bel Ksiri. The offense for which he is wanted dates back to mid-January, in the city of Ouazzane, where, threatening with a bladed weapon, he (…)

• Moroccan-Italian Woman Evades COVID-19 Test After Showing Symptoms in Morocco
  9 March 2020, by Kamal

  A Moroccan national residing in Italy refused to undergo the Coronavirus screening test on Sunday, March 8, during her visit to the provincial hospital in Ouezzane.
  Arrived in Morocco for about ten days, the 35-year-old woman had visited several Moroccan cities before an acute respiratory crisis forced her to consult a doctor.
  Presenting typical clinical signs of Coronavirus infection, the patient preferred to disappear into nature rather than undergo the screening test recommended by (…)

• Mother Drowns Trying to Rescue Son from Moroccan River
  4 May 2020, by Kamal

  A mother tragically died on Saturday, May 2nd last in the Ouezzane region, while trying to pull her son out of one of the steep rivers in the commune of Beni Guella.
  While the victim was quietly doing laundry on the riverbank, her son took the opportunity to wade for a few minutes near the shore.
  Noticing that he was having trouble coming back to her, the mother rushed to his rescue, although she could not swim. Then suddenly the tragedy. Feeling her strength weakening, the woman, whose (…)

• Morocco Tightens COVID-19 Restrictions as Outbreaks Hit Berry Production Facilities
  21 June 2020, by Prince

  Due to the appearance of new Covid-19 outbreaks in production units in Larache, Ouazzane and Kenitra, reinforcement of restriction and precautionary measures has been carried out since Friday in certain municipalities of these provinces.
  In a statement, the Ministry of the Interior indicated that "457 cases and 103 cases were respectively recorded in the Frigodar and Natberry Maroc units, specialized in the production and packaging of berries". For these reasons, it decided to "tighten (…)