Robbery

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• Armed Gang Pulls Off Major Bank Heist in Moroccan City of Ouarzazate
  13 April 2019, by Said

  It was almost a Hollywood-style robbery that occurred yesterday in Ouarzazate where a group of men broke into a bank before leaving with a large sum of money.
  It was around 9 a.m., just after the opening of the agency, when several individuals, five according to witnesses, broke into a bank located in the commune of Tarmikt, near Ouarzazate. On site, no customers but the security guard and the branch manager. The robbers did not hesitate to strike the two employees before taking all the (…)

• Desperate Son Robs Bank to Fund Father’s Cancer Treatment, Arrested in Tangier
  21 April 2019, by Said

  His video had gone viral on Moroccan social networks this week and a statement from the General Directorate of National Security (DGSN) was published to discuss his failed robbery of a bank branch in Tangier. Looking closer, the story could be much sadder than a simple robbery driven by greed.
  In his thirties, the young man had robbed a bank before being arrested by the police. The security guard had closed all the exits, making it impossible for him to flee the bank while waiting for the (…)

• Moroccan Police Arrest 4 Suspects in Ouarzazate Bank Heist
  22 April 2019, by Said

  Just over a week after the spectacular robbery of an Al Barid Bank branch in the Ouarzazate region, the police have just announced the arrest of four individuals involved.
  In a press release, the General Directorate of National Security (DGSN) indicates that it has proceeded to arrest "four individuals, including a repeat offender subject to five arrest warrants for various crimes and offenses, suspected of being linked to the criminal network behind the robbery, on April 12, of an Al (…)

• Massive Heist in Tangier: Thieves Make Off with Substantial Loot
  24 June 2019, by Kamal
• Burglar Steals $9,000 from Money Transfer Agency in El Jadida, Morocco
  28 September 2019, by Sylvanus

  On Thursday, September 26, a burglary took place in a money transfer agency located in Hay Salam, in El Jadida.
  The money transfer agency located in Hay Salam was visited by a suspicious individual. He broke the locks of the agency and pocketed 90,000 dirhams, according to local sources.
  After committing his crime, he is said to have taken care to destroy the surveillance cameras in order to erase any trace of his passage.
  Alerted, the police elements arrived quickly on the scene. (…)

• Fired Teacher Arrested in Attempted Microfinance Agency Robbery
  19 July 2019, by Bladi.net

  A teacher fired from his post becomes an outlaw. He was arrested for his involvement in an attempted robbery of a microfinance agency.
  The elements of the Mobile Rescue Brigade of the Skhirat-Témara Police District were confronted, on Tuesday, July 16, 2019, with a particular case. A teacher, fired from his post, turned into a robber, was arrested in a microfinance agency, in the Al Massira district, during his attempted escape.
  The new robber was threatening an employee with a bladed (…)

• Tangier Bank Robber Gets 3 Years for Cancer Treatment Heist Attempt
  11 May 2019, by Amine

  The man who tried to rob a bank in Tangier because of his father’s cancer (to ensure him treatment), and who was finally arrested, has just been sentenced to three years in prison and a fine.
  Three years in prison and a fine of 20,000 dirhams, this is the sentence just handed down by the criminal chamber of the Tangier Court of Appeal against the young man who tried to rob a bank in the city of the Strait in order for his father, who is suffering from cancer, to be able to have adequate (…)

• Knife-Wielding Robbers Target Italian Tourists on Casablanca Waterfront
  20 August 2019, by Kamal

  The Casablanca corniche was the scene of a knife attack on Sunday, August 18, 2019. Two Italian tourists walking along the newly developed Casablanca coast were held up by armed individuals.
  Under the threat of a knife, the two victims were forced to give up their belongings to avoid physical assault. According to the Kech24 website, the criminals seized their handbags before fleeing in a light vehicle.
  Alerted immediately, the elements of the Prefectural Police of Casablanca managed to (…)

• Bank Robbery Suspect Arrested in Beni Mellal, Morocco
  7 June 2019, by Said

  Accused of being the author of the robbery of a bank last month in the Beni Mellal region, a suspect has just been arrested by the police.
  The 28-year-old individual was arrested for "his alleged involvement in the robbery of an Al Barid Bank agency on May 29, under the threat of a bladed weapon." He had also used, according to the General Directorate of National Security (DGSN), a tear gas bomb during the robbery of the bank agency.
  During the searches carried out at his home, the (…)

• Armed Robber with Fake Explosive Belt Steals 80,000 Dirhams from Casablanca Bank
  18 May 2022, by Ginette

  A robbery took place on Tuesday, May 17 in Hay Al-Azhar, in the Sidi Moume district of Casablanca.
  Around thirty years old, the robber was armed with an "explosive belt" and threatened to blow up the premises. He managed to get away with 80,000 dirhams before fleeing, reports Alyaoum24.
  Even though he was stopped in his tracks by passers-by, his "explosive belt" allowed him to escape. Informed, the police services conducted investigations by viewing the surveillance camera images in (…)