Royal Gendarmerie

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• Moroccan Gendarmerie Busts Livestock Theft Ring, 3 Arrested in Berrechid Province
  10 January 2024, by Prince

  The elements of the Royal Gendarmerie of Had Soualem in the province of Berrechid dismantled a criminal network specialized in livestock theft during the night of Sunday. In total, three people were arrested.
  The investigation, conducted under the supervision of the regional commander of the Royal Gendarmerie of Settat, led to the arrest of the three members of this gang. Aged 26 to 50, they were apprehended near their homes in the Al Asilat douar, Sahel Oulad Ahriz commune, according to (…)

• Moroccan Gendarmes Arrested in Brothel Raid, Sparking Investigation
  23 September 2023, by Sylvanus

  In Berrechid, two gendarmes were arrested in flagrante delicto of debauchery at the home of a famous pimp in the city. They are the subject of an investigation.
  A desire to satisfy his libido ends up at the gendarmerie. On Wednesday, two gendarmes serving in a brigade of the royal gendarmerie of the province of Berrechid went to the home of a famous pimp in the city to spend a drunken night there. On arrival at the premises, they wanted to be discreet by parking the service vehicle in a (…)

• Moroccan Royal Gendarmerie Frees Hostages, Dismantles Criminal Network in Khémisset
  8 April, by Prince

  The Royal Gendarmerie dismantled on Sunday a dangerous criminal network that was spreading terror in the locality of Oulmès, Khémisset province.
  The members of this criminal gang, three men and a woman, had taken hostages who were freed by the elements of the Royal Gendarmerie of Khémisset, during a lightning operation, reports Assabah.
  "After a raid carried out in a residence in the locality of Oulmès, in coordination with the gendarmes of the brigades of Tiddas, Oulmès and Maâziz, (…)

• Moroccan Gendarmes Arrested in Anti-Corruption Sting Operation
  29 December 2024, by Said

  Two members of the Royal Gendarmerie were arrested on Friday in broad daylight in the province of Khémisset. They are accused of having received a bribe. One of them, a warrant officer, was caught in the act by a national team of the Royal Gendarmerie dispatched from Rabat.
  It was following a report to the toll-free number dedicated to corruption cases that the two men, serving in the Aït Ouribel area, were able to be caught in the act. A trap set by the person who filed the complaint (…)

• Abandoned Car Near Agadir Yields Major Drug Bust, Sparks Investigation
  7 February 2020, by Kamal

  While royal activities are in full swing in the southern capital, the security services were intrigued by an abandoned car at the exit of the highway connecting Marrakech to Agadir.
  Tracked by the services of the General Directorate of Territorial Surveillance, the driver is said to have parked the vehicle near Amskroud, before fleeing to an unknown destination.
  The search, carried out on Tuesday, February 4, resulted in the seizure of 88 kilos of cannabis resin, 150 grams of white (…)

• Moroccan Authorities Capture Notorious Drug Lord After 7-Year Manhunt
  6 October 2024, by Sylvanus

  The gendarmerie services under the regional command of Kénitra have put an end to the flight of the biggest baron of the Gharb who had been on the run since 2016.
  A big fish falls. Targeted by several wanted notices from several local and national security services, the notorious drug trafficker in the Gharb region nicknamed Lakraa was arrested in the locality of Kceibya in the vicinity of Kénitra, reports Al Akhbar. He had been on the run since 2016, and would have spent more than four (…)

• 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 (…)

• Nationwide Manhunt for Fake Healer Accused of Raping Blind Woman in Morocco
  30 October 2020, by Ginette

  The Royal Gendarmerie has issued a nationwide search warrant against a charlatan, for breach of trust and the rape of a 59-year-old visually impaired woman in Tétouan.
  The charlatan is also a sexagenarian who claimed to cure certain serious illnesses solely with the "baraka" (blessing) that his ancestors had bequeathed to him. But it was all smoke and mirrors. He uses it to swindle and abuse those who come to him in search of healing. The visually impaired sexagenarian he raped lived (…)

• Moroccan Gendarmerie Deploys Drones to Combat Cannabis Trafficking Near Tangier
  2 December 2022, by Sylvanus

  The multiplication of cannabis storage depots in the suburbs located between Tangier and Larache is pushing the gendarmerie services to use drones to track down the traffickers.
  The drone has become a valuable tool for the services of the Royal Gendarmerie. They use this new weapon as part of a vast operation whose objective is to surround the mountainous areas to track down the cannabis storage depots that are multiplying in the suburbs located between Tangier and Larache and detect by (…)

• Corruption and Adultery Scandal: 10 Arrested at Unlicensed Inn in Azrou, Morocco
  1 September 2024, by Sylvanus

  The services of the Royal Gendarmerie of the city of Azrou, in the province of Ifrane, have arrested about ten people as part of a case of corruption, adultery and public drunkenness in the Ben Smim region.
  It all started with information received by the gendarmes about an inn whose license was revoked in 2017. On the orders of the public prosecutor’s office of the court of first instance in Azrou, they launched an investigation. The elements of the Royal Gendarmerie of the city of Azrou (…)