As the summer season approaches, the authorities in the Tangier-Tetouan-Al Hoceima region have announced a series of measures to strengthen security on beaches and coasts. Among these measures is a tightening of controls on the rental of jet-skis.
A joint operation carried out by the judicial police brigade of Nador and the services of the General Directorate of National Territory Surveillance led to the arrest of two individuals involved in cocaine trafficking on Tuesday. Among the suspects is a policeman stationed in Tetouan.
The Ministry of the Interior, the Agency for the Promotion and Development of the Northern Provinces (APDN), the Council of the Tangier-Tetouan-Al Hoceima Region and the urban municipality of Tangier are the initiators of a major project aimed at strengthening the security of the city and even fighting crime.
Two new highways are in the works in Morocco, as part of the national road infrastructure plan. The Ministry of Equipment and Water has confirmed the project of a highway connecting Fez to Tetouan in a letter addressed to a parliamentarian.
The National Railway Office (ONCF) has launched an ambitious project to extend the rail network in the northern provinces of Morocco.
Targeted by several complaints for issuing bad checks and corruption, the third deputy mayor of the commune of Tétouan, who was also a former advisor in the cabinet of Mohamed Ben Abdelkader, was arrested on Tuesday morning upon his arrival at Rabat-Salé airport. He had taken refuge in Spain to escape justice.
Mounir Erramach , a drug trafficker sentenced in 2002 to more than 20 years in prison, will be free to move on May 2.
Air Arabia inaugurated its new base at Saniat R’mel Airport in Tetouan on Tuesday. The airline will operate 13 flights to five European destinations from this airport.
A vast real estate fraud case involving 21 people, including a well-known notary in the region and former mayors of the commune of Martil, is in the hands of an investigating judge at the Tetouan Court of Appeal.
The regional services of the National Office of Electricity and Drinking Water (ONEE) have deprived three douars (villages) in the commune of Bni Leit, in the province of Tétouan, of electricity, thus causing difficulties for the inhabitants during this Ramadan period.
The majority councilors at the Tétouan municipal council are divided. The cause is a grant of 300,000 dirhams allocated to an association for the organization of a musical evening during this Ramadan month. Faced with the controversy, the municipality is about to cancel this event.
A Dutch national of Iraqi origin accuses his Moroccan-born wife of having falsified documents to obtain a divorce without his knowledge before the court of first instance in Tétouan.