
Armored Car Heist in Tangier: Three Suspects Arrested, $160,000 Recovered
The Tangier police apprehended three individuals, one of whom is suspected of being involved in the robbery of an armored car in Tangier and the theft of large sums of money.

The Tangier police apprehended three individuals, one of whom is suspected of being involved in the robbery of an armored car in Tangier and the theft of large sums of money.

Three police officers working in the management of the vehicle fleet of the Fès police prefecture were presented to the judge on Wednesday after suspicions of acts of corruption and embezzlement of public funds.

The judicial police of Tangier announced on Tuesday the seizure of more than a ton of hashish followed by the arrest of an individual who would be involved in an international drug and psychotropic trafficking network.

Two individuals have been arrested in Oulad Teima for their alleged involvement in a case of public drunkenness , drunk driving and threatening with a hunting rifle.

The court of first instance in Safi sentenced on Thursday a nurse to five years in prison and the payment of 80,000 dirhams in damages to the family of the girl he raped in Youssoufia last August and who subsequently committed suicide due to psychological distress.

The Spanish police arrested on Thursday two more of the 25 Moroccan migrants who escaped from Palma airport on November 5, after an emergency landing of the Air Arabia Maroc plane. In total, 21 migrants are already in prison and the remaining four are still being sought.

In Sidi Yahya Zaer, in the Temara region, a man stabbed to death the lover of his wife, caught in the act. The alleged murderer was arrested and placed in custody.

A Belgian national, Marc M., has been in prison since Monday in Meknes. Aged 57, he is accused of attempting to kidnap his 4-year-old son, Malik, whom he has not seen since the summer of 2020, his Moroccan ex-wife having taken him with her in February when she left Belgium. The Belgian had come to warn the Moroccan authorities when he was apprehended.

The terrorist threat persists in Morocco. Dozens of people suspected of being linked to ISIS have been arrested.

The judicial police of Oujda arrested on Tuesday a nurse and three of her accomplices, suspected in a case of falsification and trafficking of Covid-19 tests and medical certificates .

An individual was arrested on Sunday by the Agadir police for his alleged involvement in an assault case that resulted in the death of two members of his family.

The police have carried out in recent weeks a large-scale operation to dismantle drug trafficking networks in the city of Marrakech. Several traffickers were arrested and large quantities of drugs seized.