A vendor in Jemaa el-Fna Square was arrested after asking a tourist for 200 dirhams for a few peanuts, three dates and two pieces of dried fig. The transaction was filmed, and also led to the closure of his stall.
Caught with 301 kilos of cannabis herb in his trailer, a Moroccan truck driver living in Spain faced three years in prison and a ten-year ban from French territory. The court ultimately acquitted him on the criminal charges, but left him with a customs bill of €1.445 million.
Badr Hari was arrested again on Tuesday morning in Amsterdam. The Moroccan kickboxer is suspected of making threats and insults. This new arrest comes less than a year after his conviction for assaulting his former partner.
Men residing in the Netherlands allegedly entered Morocco as ordinary tourists before taking part in the kidnapping of the son of an African diplomat in Tangier. The main suspect has just been arrested by police.
A homeless Moroccan man entered a houseboat moored in Lyon in order, he claims, to spend the end of the night sheltered. A cigarette that had not been properly extinguished allegedly started a fire requiring the intervention of 30 firefighters. He was arrested at the scene.
Yassine K. was already behind bars when an arson attack killed seven members of the same family in Nice. Two years later, investigators suspect him of remotely organizing the commando operation behind the tragedy.
The son of the Minister of Industry and Commerce, Ryad Mezzour, was placed in police custody on Wednesday in Tétouan. He is suspected of having insulted a police officer during an incident that occurred a few days earlier.
Two Franco-Moroccans were arrested after the death of a Moroccan expatriate in Saïdia following a violent altercation. The suspects were reportedly intercepted as they attempted to leave Morocco. Two other people are still being sought.
In Marrakech, thieves are not only interested in phones or wallets. Two men suspected of carrying out multiple luxury cap thefts in the upscale neighborhoods of Guéliz and L’Hivernage have just been arrested.
Two foreign tourists filmed a man demanding an unjustified sum from them in the medina of Marrakech. Posted on social media, the footage enabled police to locate the suspect.
Casablanca police have arrested a hotel employee suspected of stealing money from the rooms of Super Falcons players. A sum of 10,000 dirhams, obtained from the conversion of stolen dollars, was seized.
Algerian raï singer Reda Taliani was arrested Thursday evening in Mohammedia following a traffic accident. Suspected of driving under the influence, he was taken into police custody on the instructions of the public prosecutor’s office.