Royal Gendarmerie

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• Mentally Ill Suspect Arrested in Brutal Murder of Missing 60-Year-Old in Morocco
  11 December 2019, by Kamal

  The Royal Gendarmerie has managed to unravel the thread of the horrible homicide perpetrated in Ighrem, towards the end of November. A sexagenarian was tied up and thrown into a pit in the province of Taroudant, before being burned alive.
  A missing person report was issued by the victim’s family, who had left the family home under mysterious circumstances, to the security services of the city. His body was found a week later at the bottom of a ravine.
  According to the investigation, the (…)

• Moroccan Forces Arrest 5 Suspects in Sahara Buffer Zone Shooting Incident
  27 April 2020, by Kamal

  Five individuals suspected of having fired shots in Amgala, 37 kilometers as the crow flies from Smara, towards the end of last month, were finally apprehended by the Royal Armed Forces.
  Tracked down, the well-executed ambush of an infantry unit, put an end to the long flight of the 5 accused who had hidden in an isolated area of the Moroccan Sahara.
  The five individuals were brought before the services of the royal gendarmerie. They will be tried by the military court, in accordance (…)

• Spanish Jet Ski Smugglers Caught with 90 Kilos of Cannabis off Moroccan Coast
  20 August 2020, by Kamal

  A unit of the royal maritime gendarmerie, on patrol on the El Mersa beach near Ksar Sghir, succeeded on Tuesday in foiling an attempt to traffic more than 90 kilos of cannabis.
  According to Alyaoum24, the coast guards triggered a chase against two individuals, of Spanish nationality, who had entered Moroccan waters on a jet ski.
  At the end of this short manhunt, the two traffickers, who were carrying 3 packages of Chira of 30 kilos each and a GPS device, were finally neutralized, the (…)

• Police Arrest Key Suspect in Moroccan Teen’s Gang Rape Case
  24 January 2019, by Said

  After several months on the run, the police managed to apprehend one of the main suspects in the Khadija case, named after this teenager who was the victim of a collective rape for several weeks.
  Sources cited by Alyaoum24 explain that the man was arrested last Monday by the gendarmes. It is the famous "Azeddine" whose first name was tattooed on several parts of the young woman’s body. Khadija’s father says he heard about this arrest but is still waiting for confirmation from the police. (…)

• Marrakech Prostitution Ring Busted: Saudi and Moroccan Suspects Arrested
  25 January 2020, by Sylvanus

  Officers of the Royal Gendarmerie of Ouled Hassoun, Marrakech region, went on Thursday, January 23, to two villas used for prostitution. The harvest proved to be good: seven people were arrested.
  At the origin of this arrest, doubts that the elements of the royal gendarmerie of Ouled Hassoun had on these two neighboring residences. On the instructions of the competent prosecutor, the patrols of the gendarmerie stormed these residences.
  The operation led to the arrest of three Saudi (…)

• Deadly Collision in Morocco: 4 Killed, Multiple Injured on Benslimane Road
  20 June 2019, by Said

  The Moroccan road has killed again. Yesterday, a road accident in Benslimane left four dead and several injured, some of whom are still in serious condition.
  A source within the Royal Gendarmerie, quoted by the MAP, indicates that the tragedy occurred on Provincial Road number 404, connecting the town of Benslimane to the Commune of Sidi Bettach. Initially, there would have been a collision between a car and a large vehicle.
  According to the same source, "the collision between a light (…)

• Moroccan Oasis Fire Destroys Over 4,000 Trees Amid Heatwave in Errachidia Region
  6 July 2019, by Said

  Several thousand palm trees and olive trees were ravaged by a fire that broke out in the Ziz oasis, in Aoufous, in the Errachidia region.
  The fire decimated more than 2,540 palm trees and 1,500 olive trees, over an area of 20 hectares, according to local authorities, cited by the MAP. They specify that the fire caused no loss of human life.
  The fire was completely brought under control thanks to the intervention of Civil Protection, aided, for this purpose, by the Gendarmerie services (…)

• Fatal Collision in Morocco: 2 Dead, 8 Injured in Fkih Ben Salah Crash
  12 February 2022, by Said

  Two people died in a terrible accident that occurred on Friday in Had Boumoussa in the suburbs of Fkih Ben Salah, according to local sources cited by the MAP.
  The tragedy occurred following the collision of two vehicles, one of which was a pickup truck transporting agricultural workers, resulting in two deaths and 8 injuries. The latter were taken to the regional hospital in Beni Mellal, the same source said, according to which two people were admitted to intensive care.
  An (…)

• Moroccan Authorities Seize 3 Tons of Suspected Smuggled Olive Oil Amid Price Surge
  8 January 2024, by Prince

  The elements of the Royal Gendarmerie of Beni Mellal seized three tons of smuggled olive oil.
  The three tons of olive oil suspected of being falsified were being transported in a truck from Taounate to Marrakech, sources tell Alyaoum24, stating that the truck driver was arrested and placed in custody in Beni Mellal, on the orders of the competent prosecutor’s office.
  This operation is part of the campaign conducted by the units of the Royal Gendarmerie under the Beni Mellal region since (…)

• Three Arrested in Highway Robbery Scheme on Moroccan Tetouan-Mohammedia Route
  1 February 2020, by Sylvanus

  The elements of the Royal Gendarmerie of Bouznika proceeded, on Thursday, January 30, 2020, to the arrest of three individuals, including a woman, specialized in the aggression of users on the Tetouan-Mohammedia highway section. They were referred to the prosecutor of the king near the court of appeal of Casablanca.
  Constitution of a criminal gang, kidnapping, sequestration and armed robbery. These are the charges brought against the accused. Their arrest follows numerous complaints from (…)