Robbery

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• Carjacker Shot Dead by Police After Fleeing with Infant in Vehicle
  1 October 2020, by Kamal

  A man was killed Wednesday morning by the gunfire of a gendarme during an arrest in the El Gara region. The victim and 2 accomplices had chased a woman from her car, before fleeing with her 6-month-old baby.
  A woman and her 2 children were attacked by 3 individuals driving a light vehicle. Armed with bladed weapons, the latter forcibly removed her with her 6-year-old child, before seizing the vehicle. A 6-month-old baby was in the back seat.
  The alert was given and a chase was engaged (…)

• UFC Fighter’s Shocking Heist: Lee Murray’s Role in Historic UK Bank Robbery
  4 April 2023, by Sylvanus

  A series produced on a Moroccan UFC fighter who participated in what can be called one of the greatest bank robberies in history that took place in Tonbridge, UK will be released in the first half of this month.
  Catching Lightning by Showtime. This is the name of the series directed by producer Pat Kondelis. This series traces the story of MMA fighter "Lightning" Lee Murray, of Moroccan father, born in the UK, who made his way from the strange streets of south London to the UFC, before (…)

• Bank Robbery Suspect Arrested in Fez After Computer and Document Theft
  26 December 2018, by Said

  A Sub-Saharan national suspected of burglary at a bank branch in Fez was arrested on Tuesday by the police.
  "The services of the Fez police prefecture had, on Sunday evening, noted the burglary targeting the bank branch, in particular the computer equipment and banking documents," indicates the General Directorate of National Security (DGSN) in a press release, specifying that "the investigations and field investigations, supported by technical expertise, led to the arrest, on Tuesday, of (…)

• Spanish National Arrested for Armed Bank Robbery in El Youssoufia, Morocco
  21 December 2019, by Kamal

  The MRE of 37 years had broken into a bank agency in El Youssoufia, threatening the employees with a knife before seizing a large sum of money.
  The investigations conducted last Wednesday by the judicial police services made it possible to identify the suspect and apprehend him a few hours after the robbery.
  The police managed to recover the entire stolen amount, following a search carried out at the home of the Spanish national. He was placed in custody and made available to the (…)

• Armed Gang Robs Tangier Merchant of 4 Million Dirhams, Two Suspects Arrested
  30 June 2019, by Bladi.net

  It all started with a complaint filed by a merchant with the Tangier Police Prefecture services on June 15. He had been attacked by 5 individuals, who had allegedly held him up and stolen a large sum of money. According to the merchant, the gang was on board a car and had threatened him with a bladed weapon.
  Later, a DGSN press release states that the investigations led to the arrest of "two suspects directly involved in this theft, while a third person is suspected of being linked to this (…)

• Attempted Robbery at Tangier Money Transfer Agency Leaves One Injured, Suspect Arrested
  30 June 2019, by Said

  A young man, about twenty years old, was arrested on Saturday, June 29, 2019, by the Tangier police, following an attempted robbery of a money transfer agency.
  The incident occurred in Beni Makada, in Tangier, informs the General Directorate of National Security (DGSN), in a press release published on its Twitter account, according to which the man is 22 years old.
  "The suspect, who was accompanied by two other accomplices, was caught in the act of attempting a violent robbery inside a (…)

• Belgian Tourist Robbed at Knifepoint in Beni Mellal, Morocco; Police Launch Manhunt
  27 January 2020, by Kamal

  A Belgian national on vacation in Beni Mellal was attacked with a knife, last Saturday, January 25, by a group of individuals whose identity is still unknown.
  According to the Akhbarona website, a national search warrant has been issued against the assailants, by the elements of the city’s police prefecture.
  Under the threat of a knife, the thieves managed to seize the Belgian tourist’s cell phone, who was walking through the alleys of the urban district, and a sum of money, before (…)

• Jewelry Store Heist Foiled: Police Catch Thieves Red-Handed in City Center
  27 November 2020, by Kamal

  On Wednesday morning, a 21-year-old man, accompanied by 2 other individuals, broke into a jewelry store in the city center, after managing to force the protective locks.
  The robbers did not have time to take advantage of the 200,000 dirhams worth of precious jewelry stolen from the store, reports the site Amnous. They were caught red-handed by a police patrol that was in the vicinity.
  The 3 persons involved were taken into custody at the disposal of the investigation conducted under the (…)

• Moroccan Police Arrest Bank Robbers After Regional Manhunt
  3 December 2020, by Kamal

  The elements of the judicial police of Nador arrested two individuals accused of robbing a bank agency under the threat of a bladed weapon.
  Wanted under a national arrest warrant, the two suspects, aged 31 and 33, had managed to seize a large sum of money after threatening the employees of the agency.
  The two individuals were finally arrested last week, following a wanted notice broadcast to all police services in the region.
  They will be brought to justice at the end of the (…)

• Security Guard Thwarts Bank Robbery Attempt in Casablanca Suburb
  4 July 2019, by Amine

  The robbery of a bank branch in Ain Harrouda, near Casablanca, was prevented thanks to the intervention of a private security guard. It was on Wednesday, July 3, 2019.
  This security guard would have, according to Alyaoum24, tried to neutralize the robber and even to arrest him. This media wrote yesterday: "An individual tried this morning to rob a bank branch, except that a private security guard prevented him and tried to surround him".
  The same source explains that the thief did not (…)