Royal Gendarmerie

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• Double Murder Near Rabat: Suspect Sought in Beachside Stabbings
  22 October 2022, by Prince

  The Royal Gendarmerie is searching for an individual who allegedly committed a double murder on Friday night to Saturday in Harhoura, near Rabat.
  The individual stabbed his two victims to death at the "Casino" site, a very lively area due to the beach and shisha cafes located there. The criminal first murdered a cafe waiter in a rental house, before fatally stabbing the second victim, a security guard stationed at the Témara first instance court, reports Aaabir.ma.
  An investigation has (…)

• 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  It all started with information received by the gendarmes about an inn whose license was revoked in 2017.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 (…)

• 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 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 (…)

• Morocco: Gendarmes Jailed in Drug-Related Corruption Scandal
  8 December 2023, by Sylvanus

  Two officials from the gendarmerie of Nouaceur and Deroua, as well as the wife of a drug trafficker, have been incarcerated in the Oukacha prison for corruption and blackmail.
  It all started with a dispute over an amount of money offered by the wife of the trafficker to avoid the arrest of her husband. Angry, the head of the Deroua gendarmerie "incited" the lady to file a complaint against his colleague, the head of Deroua, before the Attorney General of the King at the Casablanca Court (…)

• Moroccan Authorities Incinerate Over 14 Tons of Seized Drugs Near Tangier
  4 December 2020, by Ginette

  More than 14 tons of drugs have been destroyed in the vicinity of Tangier. These are the drugs seized during this year, during several operations carried out by the public forces.
  The destruction operation was carried out by the regional customs directorate, in the presence of a specialized commission composed of public and local authorities. According to the customs and indirect taxes officer in Tangier, Abdelghani Seghiri, quoted by the Map, the value of this quantity of incinerated (…)

• Morocco Arrests 25 ISIS Affiliates Planning Terrorist Attacks Across Kingdom
  19 December 2021, by Sylvanus

  Elements of the General Directorate of National Security (DGSN), the General Directorate of the Territorial Surveillance Agency (DGST) and the Royal Gendarmerie have arrested 25 people suspected of supporting the Islamic State in several cities of the kingdom. They were planning terrorist attacks.
  Carried out under the supervision of the competent prosecutor’s office on December 8, this operation resulted in the arrest of 25 extremists in Tétouan, Ksar El Kébir, Fès, Meknès, Agadir, (…)