Royal Gendarmerie

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• Moroccan Authorities Bust Migrant Smuggling Ring, Seize Jet Skis and Boats Near Marrakech
  15 January 2020, by Sylvanus

  The elements of the Royal Gendarmerie dismantled a network of migrant smugglers and seized, at the same time, jet-skis and zodiacs stored in a building under construction in Tamansourt, near Marrakech.
  The head of the migrant smuggling network, his wife and three other people were arrested during the intervention of the elements of the Royal Gendarmerie, reports Al Ahdath Al Maghribia. Similarly, 32 jet-skis and 5 zodiacs stored in a building under construction in Tamansourt, near (…)

• Moroccan Authorities Bust International Drug Ring Using Helicopters to Smuggle Cannabis to Portugal
  20 March 2023, by Sylvanus

  The national brigade of judicial investigations, under the high command of the Royal Gendarmerie, has succeeded in arresting four barons and an auxiliary forces agent as part of an investigation into drug trafficking by helicopter between Morocco and Portugal.
  The investigation into an international drug trafficking operation involving half a ton of Chira (cannabis resin) transported by helicopter from the Gharb region to Portugal has proven fruitful. The national brigade of judicial (…)

• Moroccan Taxi Driver Jailed for False Bribery Claim Against Gendarme on Social Media
  2 January 2019, by Said

  A five-month prison sentence has just been handed down by the court of first instance in Settat against a man who filmed and blackmailed a gendarme.
  According to sources cited by the Alyaoum24 website, the accused, a taxi driver, had filmed the gendarme and claimed in a video posted on social media that he had asked him for a bribe, which turned out to be false after the police investigation.
  Prosecuted for dissemination of image of a person without his consent, insulting a civil (…)

• Massive Manhunt in Casablanca After Gendarme’s Weapon Stolen
  18 November 2019, by Kamal

  A large security device has been deployed in Casablanca following the theft of a weapon belonging to a gendarme.
  The circumstances of the disappearance of the weapon of the agent assigned to the judicial center of Aïn Sebaa in Tit Mellil were not revealed by the services of the royal gendarmerie.
  The prefecture of Médiouna Deroua was combed through and through by a military helicopter of the royal gendarmerie, in search of the presumed suspect(s).
  In addition, several senior officers (…)

• Fatal Shooting in Nador: 30-Year-Old Man Killed in Suspected Gang-Related Attack
  23 May 2022, by Sylvanus

  The Royal Gendarmerie is conducting an investigation to determine the exact circumstances of the murder of a 30-year-old man in Nador. The thirty-year-old was shot dead on Friday by unidentified individuals.
  According to witnesses to the scene, one or more people opened fire on the man they were chasing in three sedans in the Tiztouine region, near Nador, reports Alyaoum24. The man died on the spot. His body was transferred to the city morgue.
  The Royal Gendarmerie has opened an (…)

• Arson at Moroccan High School: Over 200 Philosophy Books Destroyed in Library Fire
  18 December 2021, by Sylvanus

  More than two hundred books from a high school library in Talsint were burned by fire last weekend. The Royal Gendarmerie is conducting an investigation to identify the perpetrators of this act of vandalism, who would be "minors".
  An unusual and surprising event at the Al Khawarizmi high school last weekend. More than 200 books on science, philosophy and literature, and portraits of renowned philosophers - such as Averroes, Emmanuel Kant, Karl Marx, Jean-Paul Sartre - hanging on the walls (…)

• Fatal accident in Tangier: a gendarme loses his life
  10 November 2024, by Said

  A tragic road accident cost the life of a gendarme in Tangier on the night of Saturday to Sunday. The tragedy occurred on Boulevard Mohammed VI, near the Solazur hotel.
  According to local sources cited by Achkayen, the gendarme, who was riding a motorcycle with a colleague, collided with two young women crossing a pedestrian crossing. The excessive speed of the two-wheeler and the lack of a helmet would have prevented the driver from avoiding the collision.
  The two pedestrians were (…)

• Moroccan Woman Jailed for Sharing Explicit Content with Gulf National on WhatsApp
  13 November 2020, by Kamal

  A married woman, residing in Youssoufia, was incarcerated in the civil prison of Safi, for having sent intimate photos and videos via whatsapp to a Gulf national.
  By checking his wife’s phone, a man was surprised by the dozens of photos and videos in obscene positions, reports the site Kech24. The man then decided to file a complaint with the royal gendarmerie.
  During her interrogation, the accused claimed to have wanted to send them to her husband, who had been neglecting her for a few (…)

• Domestic Violence Video Sparks Outrage in Casablanca as Gendarmerie Rejects Complaint
  9 July 2019, by Kamal

  Deeply shocked by its content, Internet users have circulated on the social network Facebook the video of a woman victim of domestic violence, in an attempt to alert the Royal Gendarmerie services to the seriousness of the act.
  In this video, the victim, who lives in the province of Mediouna, on the outskirts of Casablanca, reported her "savage" assault by her own husband, following a question about the reasons for his delay.
  The victim’s husband, who had refused to answer her question (…)

• Morocco Braces for Heavy Eid al-Adha Traffic: Motorway Authority Issues Travel Advisory
  10 August 2019, by Sylvanus

  The celebration of the Eid al-Adha feast leads the Moroccan Motorways (ADM) to take a series of measures and to make recommendations to road users, in order to effectively cope with the increase in traffic.
  Effectively manage the increase in traffic. This is the whole purpose of the series of measures taken and recommendations made by the Moroccan Motorways (ADM). To this end, the ADM informs road users that the entire motorway network will experience significant traffic. For the (…)