Royal Gendarmerie

Articles

• 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 (…)

• Moroccan Gendarmerie Officers Face Trial for Money Laundering Scheme
  2 November 2022, by Sylvanus

  24 gendarmes, including colonels, are being prosecuted for their involvement in a money laundering case. Their trial opened before the Court of First Instance in Rabat, as well as the courts in Fez, Casablanca and Marrakech.
  The appearance of the 24 gendarmes, including five colonels previously convicted on appeal to prison sentences ranging from two to six years, totaling about 76 years in prison instead of the 61 years they had received in 2019, took place last week. In the absence of (…)

• Moroccan Lawmaker Challenges Legality of Mobile Speed Camera Tickets
  7 April, by Prince

  Rachid Hammouni, the president of the parliamentary group of the Party of Progress and Socialism (PPS) in the House of Representatives, has questioned the government about the legality of traffic violation reports, particularly those related to mobile speed cameras.
  In a written question addressed to the Minister of Transport and Logistics, Hammouni reported complaints from road users regarding traffic violation reports and mobile speed cameras, recalling that, in accordance with the (…)

• Manhunt Underway for Agadir Hotel Burglar After Theft and Car Crash
  12 August 2024, by Sylvanus

  The judicial police services and the gendarmes are actively searching for the burglar of an aparthotel in Agadir who caused an accident on the road to Tiznit in a stolen vehicle.
  On August 8th, one or more burglars broke into the Founty aparthotel in Agadir while the occupants were sleeping to seize sums of money, electronic devices and the keys of a 4X4 before fleeing, reports Assabah. Alerted in the early hours of the morning, the judicial police services of the wilaya of Agadir went to (…)

• French and Moroccan Air Forces Mark Decade of Training Partnership
  29 October 2022, by Armel

  Ten years ago, the air forces of the Moroccan gendarmerie signed a cooperation agreement with their French counterparts. The anniversary of this partnership has allowed to recall the various achievements that have been carried out and the prospects for the years to come.
  The bilateral agreement provides that the French gendarmes train the Moroccan pilots on instrument flying and the flight crew on aeronautical English (FCL 055). The mountain flight center of the national gendarmerie, (…)

• Algerian Woman Arrested Near Ceuta Border for False Identity and Immigration Attempt
  17 September 2024, by Sylvanus

  An Algerian woman claiming to be Moroccan and poor was arrested along with two other women, one of whom was pregnant, by the Royal Gendarmerie services in the Belyounech region.
  The woman arrested recently appeared in tears on social media. She explained that she had considered illegal immigration to Europe, in front of the Bab Sebta border post, due to her difficult living conditions and the illness of her son. In statements published on the web, she claimed that she was living in (…)

• Algerian Consulate Official Injured in Moroccan Highway Accident
  26 February, by Sylvanus

  The services of the Royal Gendarmerie from the motorcycle unit of the company and the Settat region intervened for a serious accident involving Algerian nationals, including an attaché from the consulate in Casablanca.
  The accident occurred on Monday on the highway crossing the territory of the capital of Chaouia. A vehicle belonging to the Algerian diplomatic mission, coming from Marrakech and heading to Casablanca, transporting the attaché to the Consulate General of the People’s (…)

• Moroccan Youth Trust Military and Police More Than Government, Survey Finds
  5 February 2023, by Sylvanus

  In Morocco, young people have more confidence in the army, the police and the gendarmerie than in the government. This is revealed by the latest index measuring the confidence of young people in institutions, established by the Observatory of the North of Human Rights (ONDH).
  Moroccan youth have confidence in the security institutions, but express growing distrust towards the elected institutions. The army institution tops the 2022 index of young people’s confidence in sovereign (…)