Royal Gendarmerie

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• British-Indian Man Found Dead in Sealed Room Near Agadir, Morocco
  14 January 2020, by Kamal

  Originally from India, a British national, residing in Aourir, 10 km from Agadir, disappeared for several days before his body was discovered.
  According to the site Agadir24, the victim, born in 1972, had cut off all contact with his relatives despite numerous phone calls.
  A search of his home, carried out with the help of the Royal Gendarmerie, led to the discovery of his lifeless body in the middle of a hermetically sealed room.
  The presence of a charcoal brazier in the room (…)

• Former Moroccan Gendarmerie Chief Launches Major Retail Project in Rabat
  23 July 2019, by Kamal

  After his retirement in December 2017, and a silence that lasted several months, the Army Corps General, Hosni Benslimane, is making a discreet return, through the launch of a huge project in the administrative capital of the Kingdom, Rabat.
  Very well known for his discretion during his 45 years of service as Commander of the Royal Gendarmerie, the highest ranking officer of the Royal Armed Forces and also President of the Royal Moroccan Football Federation, the General has left his mark (…)

• Brutal Double Homicide Shocks Moroccan Town of Driouch After Home Invasion
  1 August 2019, by Bladi.net

  The murder of a couple, following a burglary that went wrong on Monday, July 29, 2019, plunged the populations of the commune of Ouardana, in the province of Driouch, into emotion.
  According to Le360, based on local sources, the couple was murdered, under atrocious conditions, by burglars who broke into their home and left with several valuable items.
  According to the same source, two of the alleged perpetrators, who occupied a neighboring dwelling to that of the murdered couple, were (…)

• Moroccan Authorities Thwart 95 Migrants’ Attempt to Reach Europe from Driouch Beach
  7 August 2019, by Sylvanus

  The Royal Gendarmerie arrested some 95 sub-Saharan migrants who were trying to reach Europe from the beach of Driouch.
  They will not have been able to reach the old continent. The local authorities intercepted no less than 95 sub-Saharan migrants who were on the beach of Tazaguin, in the town of Driouch, between Nador and Al Hoceima, reports the Spanish agency, EFE.
  The group includes 14 women and 4 children. These candidates for illegal immigration were all taken to the local police (…)

• Moroccan Authorities Arrest 45 Sub-Saharan Migrants in Dakhla Fishing Village
  11 March 2020, by Bladi.net

  The elements of the Royal Gendarmerie arrested, on Tuesday, March 10, some 45 illegal immigrants, originally from sub-Saharan Africa, in the fishing village located north of Dakhla, according to a security source.
  According to the same source, these individuals were apprehended as part of the sweeping operations regularly carried out to combat the phenomenon of illegal immigration.
  In addition, a large quantity of fuel and logistical means were also seized.

• Search Intensifies for Missing Fisherman in Agadir’s Tikert Beach Area
  1 April 2020, by Kamal

  The city of Agadir is still without news of a fifty-year-old fishing enthusiast, who has been missing for four days in the Tikert region north of the city.
  Like many fishing enthusiasts in the region, the man had headed very early on Friday towards the Tikert beach, a favorite destination for experienced and amateur fishermen, for its abundant fish and calm.
  Since Saturday, the man, who had disappeared leaving his car near the rocks, has been the subject of intense searches by the civil (…)

• Moroccan Military and Police Implicated in Major Cocaine Trafficking Scandal
  20 August 2019, by Bladi.net

  Several gendarmes and officers of the Moroccan army would be involved in the international cocaine trafficking. Many other elements of the Royal Gendarmerie, involved in drug trafficking, would be sought by the police.
  A drug case is splashing the great mute. According to the newspaper Assabah, the facts date back to August 15, 2019. Indeed, on that date, more than 3 tons of cocaine, hidden in several packages, had been found on the beach of Sidi Rahal in the province of Berrechid (123 km (…)

• Renowned Islamic Exorcist Arrested in Morocco for Drunk Driving with Minors
  28 August 2019, by Sylvanus

  The elements of the Royal Gendarmerie of Kénitra proceeded to the arrest of a healer who practices Roqia, an Islamic exorcism. He was in a very advanced state of intoxication.
  The arrest of the healer follows a traffic accident, reports barlamane.com. The elements of the Royal Gendarmerie of Kénitra found him in a state of intoxication in the company of two young girls. He is a popular healer who practices Roqia and who used to share videos on social networks, indicates the same source. (…)

• German Activist Expelled from Morocco Over Unauthorized Holocaust Memorial Project
  31 August 2019, by Sylvanus

  The Royal Gendarmerie Brigade of Ait Ourir has summoned the German, Oliver Bienkowski, the initiator of the project to build a Holocaust memorial in the Marrakech-Al Haouz region, to leave the Kingdom within 72 hours.
  The initiator of the Holocaust Memorial project will have to leave Morocco within 72 hours. This is a decision that comes from the Royal Gendarmerie Brigade of Ait Ourir. The information was confirmed by the person concerned on social networks, reports the daily Al Ahdath Al (…)

• Moroccan Teen Files Complaint Against Father for Sexual Abuse
  10 May 2020, by Kamal

  The man took advantage of his wife’s absence and the silence imposed on his still minor daughter to abuse her, reports the site Al3omk.
  This case broke out, according to the same source, when the young girl decided to break the silence and file a complaint against her father who forced her to have sexual intercourse.
  Questioned by the Royal Gendarmerie services, the individual was brought, last Saturday, before the Attorney General at the Court of Appeal of Agadir, for the sexual (…)