The security services have succeeded in arresting several suspects who are the subject of international arrest warrants, following the screening operation carried out at the border posts. Two suspects were being prosecuted for money laundering.
For having filed an application for a Schengen visa with forged documents, an individual from Benslimane was taken into custody by the Public Prosecutor’s Office near the Court of Appeal of Casablanca. The Italian Consulate General in Morocco had filed a complaint with the Moroccan authorities.
In Casablanca, adulterated gold is invading the market. This is the alarming finding made by the Customs services, during a raid on jewelry stores (the kissariats of Derb Soltane), in the Prefecture of Al Fida Mers Sultan, to challenge smuggling.
The increase in the arrest of people with large sums of foreign currency at the Tanger-Med and Sebta borders has alerted the authorities, who have just strengthened the controls.
A Belgian national was brought before the Court of Appeal on Sunday, July 7, 2019, for possession of firearms, ammunition and for trafficking a sum of money in foreign currency abroad.
While they have been sentenced to heavy sentences for drug trafficking, the two Ferman brothers appealed, last Friday, July 5, before the Specialized Inter-Regional Court (JIRS) of Rennes, bringing new evidence to the hearing to prove their innocence.
A firearm and a large sum of currency were seized on Thursday, July 4, 2019, by the police and customs services, at the border post of Bab Sebta , in the north of the country.
An international transport truck heading for a European port was intercepted this Tuesday morning by the police services at the Port of Tanger-Med with more than 5 tons of hashish on board. The drugs were carefully hidden in the side walls of the vehicle.
Customs and Police services seized a large quantity of drugs at the border post of Bab Sebta , in northern Morocco.
Hicham, one of the most wanted drug traffickers in Spain by the anti-drug trafficking brigades, has just been arrested. He is a Moroccan who had a foothold in Latin America and was "transiting" drugs to Spain and the Netherlands.
A "Jeweler’s Stamp" is planned to distinguish precious metal jewelry produced by jewelers. A draft decree to this effect has been adopted by the Council of Government.
A traffic accident occurred on the coastal road connecting the cities of Safi and El Jadida. Two people died and another was seriously injured. The authorities found a large quantity of drugs in the wrecked car.