Five individuals, including two girls and a minor, suspected of being linked to a criminal network operating in thefts under the threat of a knife, were arrested on Thursday evening by the Judicial Police Service of Settat.
11 people, including 8 women, were arrested by the police services of Fez and Meknes. They would be involved in cases of extortion, sexual assault and robbery by violence, according to a press release published on Sunday, September 22, by the General Directorate of National Security (DGSN).
A 24-year-old Moroccan man was placed in custody twice in a row in less than 24 hours for various offenses.
The owner of a gas station in Imintanout filed a complaint against two of his employees, on suspicion of theft and breach of trust. They were incarcerated in the Oudayas prison, pending their appearance before the court.
An 18-year-old Moroccan young man was indicted for having stolen a necklace worth 3,500 € in Béziers. The defendant, thanks to the collaboration of his mother, was arrested and sentenced to 18 months in prison.
Two French tourists were victims of a snatching, around 2:30 a.m. on Monday, September 16. The incident took place in the Dabachi district, in the old medina of Marrakech.
On Wednesday, September 11, the police elements arrested a 31-year-old individual. Already involved in a case of criminal gangs and thefts under the threat of a bladed weapon, he is involved in a new case of theft using a sword in a shop in Agadir.
Jaouad Tougane, a young Moroccan-born marathoner, is making headlines again. On Tuesday, September 10, he was arrested and detained again by two Spanish security agents for theft of electronic devices at the El Saler shopping center in Valencia. He already has more than a dozen arrests to his credit in just a few months.
Two 17-year-old minors were arrested on Wednesday, September 4 by the Ouled Taima police station. They are involved in a burglary, committed on Sunday, September 1, in a commercial premises in the city.
For having stolen a pair of sandals in a mosque, an individual was sentenced to one year in prison with a fine of 500 dirhams.
The Moroccan athlete, Jaouad Tougane, is a real recidivist. A lover of electronic products, he has been arrested several times for thefts in shopping centers in Valencia, in eastern Spain.
The second suspect involved in the attempted armed robbery in Casablanca with a violent knife attack, causing the victim serious facial injuries, was arrested by elements of the Judicial Police Brigade of the Moulay Rachid district in Casablanca.