Royal Gendarmerie

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• Moroccan Woman Denies Adultery Accusations, Forced to Take Pregnancy Test
  25 September 2024, by Prince

  A married woman and mother of five children is accused by her husband of adultery with a moqaddem in the douar of Afella N’Dra, in the Zagora region. She denies the allegations.
  The woman rejected these accusations, claiming that her husband fabricated the whole story to oust the administrative auxiliary from his post. According to her, her husband associated her name with this affair in order to achieve his unspoken goals. The husband filed a complaint against her with the Royal (…)

• Royal Navy Seizes 500kg of Cannabis, Arrests Spanish and Moroccan Traffickers off Moroccan Coast
  23 September 2020, by Ginette

  A significant quantity of cannabis resin was seized and two traffickers arrested by a Royal Navy coast guard off Ksar-sghir, a military source reports.
  The foiling of this trafficking operation led to the seizure of 500 kg of cannabis resin hidden in bales and drums. A Moroccan and a Spaniard on board a fast motorboat were also arrested, reports the MAP.
  The seized cargo and equipment, as well as the arrested traffickers, were handed over to the Royal Gendarmerie for judicial (…)

• Viral Video Sparks Outrage in Morocco: Woman Assaults Young Man in Kitchen Dispute
  27 April 2020, by Sylvanus

  In the video, we see a woman enter the kitchen of her home. She finds a young man preparing a dish; which is not to her liking. Angry, she beats him up, chases him out of her kitchen with a ban on setting foot in it again. It took the arrival of the head of the family for the young man to be saved from the clutches of the lady.
  Following the viewing of this video, the elements of the royal gendarmerie of Tangier conducted investigations which proved fruitful. They discover that the violent (…)

• Royal Navy Sailors Missing After Training Exercise Off Moroccan Coast
  23 January 2021, by Jérôme

  During an exercise at sea on January 20, trainee commando sailors of the Royal Navy were swept away by strong sea currents. The incident took place off Ksar Sghir, said a military source on Friday.
  Several sailors were swept away by the strong sea currents during a training exercise at sea, says a military source, specifying that some of them were able to reach the Moroccan coast with the help of the coast guard and the Royal Navy zodiacs. Two others reached the Spanish coast by swimming, (…)

• Moroccan Gendarmes Under Investigation for Alleged Drug Trafficking Collusion
  30 August 2022, by Prince

  Several agents of the gendarmerie brigade of Deroua, in the province of Berrechid, would be involved in a drug trafficking case. They are suspected of having "protected" a drug trafficker who was arrested.
  The suspicions were raised by the judicial investigation opened after the arrest of the drug trafficker. These gendarmes, still on duty at the royal gendarmerie brigade of Deroua or already transferred, would be cited in the context of this investigation led by the investigating judge (…)

• Moroccan Gendarme Arrested for Corruption in Khémisset Sting Operation
  13 January 2023, by Sylvanus

  In Khémisset, the elements of the Royal Gendarmerie arrested one of their own in the act of corruption. He is accused of having received a bribe of 400 DH.
  A gendarme in the clutches of the royal gendarmerie of Khémisset. He is accused of having demanded 400 DH to help a user cancel legal proceedings. The latter called the anti-corruption green number of the public prosecutor’s office to denounce the corrupt gendarme, reports the Arabic daily Al Akhbar.
  On the instructions of the public (…)

• Moroccan Gendarmerie Seizes Tons of Smuggled Fabric on Coastal Highway
  13 August 2019, by Sylvanus

  Elements of the Royal Gendarmerie seized a large quantity of smuggled fabrics on the Agadir-Tiznit road axis.
  A seizure operation proved fruitful for the elements of the Royal Gendarmerie from Aït Amira, near the Chtouka Aït Baha region.
  According to sources cited by the Barlamane website, it was the seizure of a large quantity of smuggled fabrics, estimated at several tons.
  The seized goods were transferred to the seizure depot of the Royal Gendarmerie of Biougra. The truck driver (…)

• Morocco to Deploy Drone Speed Cameras for Highway Safety Enforcement
  20 February 2020, by Kamal

  Thus, it is planned to experiment with the use of speed cameras by drone for speed control on the roads. Morocco is following in the footsteps of other Western countries, notably France and Belgium.
  Through this new process, the elements of the Royal Gendarmerie hope not only to deter reckless drivers, but also and above all to penalize offenses that are difficult to detect by conventional speed cameras.
  In a statement to the national television channel Al Oula, a gendarmerie commander (…)

• Moroccan Mother Arrested for Allegedly Selling Teenage Daughter to Saudi National
  27 March 2020, by Kamal

  A Saudi national was caught with a 16-year-old minor last Saturday, March 21, at the parents’ home in Temara. He was brought before the Court of Appeal in Rabat by the services of the Royal Gendarmerie.
  Intrigued by the frequent visits of a 57-year-old Saudi national to the young girl’s home, the neighbors ended up denouncing the family, accusing the mother of inciting her daughter to debauchery.
  During her interrogation, the 16-year-old victim revealed to the investigators that her (…)

• Fake Cocaine Ring Busted in Northern Morocco, Linked to Spanish Enclave
  5 September 2019, by Kamal

  A cocaine trafficking network was dismantled by the judicial police and the Royal Gendarmerie of Nador, on Tuesday, September 3. The members of the cell had managed to flood the city with fake white drugs.
  According to the daily Assabah, the four individuals who profit from this very lucrative business, obtain supplies from dealers in the Spanish enclave of Melilla. The Directorate General of Territorial Surveillance (DGST) has provided important information on their network.
  The (…)