HIBAPRESS – Mohammed Daher
On Tuesday, January 20, 2026, National Security elements at Marrakech-Menara Airport apprehended a 32-year-old French citizen suspected of involvement in a case related to forgery, its use, and international trafficking of drugs and psychotropic substances.
A statement from the National Security stated that the suspect foreign citizen was apprehended by border police at Marrakech-Menara Airport while in possession and using a forged passport. Subsequent investigations and technical inquiries conducted on his mobile phone revealed digital traces suggesting his involvement in criminal activity related to international drug and psychotropic substance trafficking. The screening of the person in question in the Interpol database showed that he was wanted internationally under a red notice requested by the National Central Bureau in Paris, to execute a judicial ruling against him due to his involvement in a kidnapping and hostage-taking case using violence, within the framework of settling scores between drug trafficking networks. The statement added that the suspect was placed in custody pending a judicial investigation being conducted under the supervision of the competent public prosecutor's office, to uncover all the circumstances and details of this case, as well as to identify all the criminal acts attributed to the person in question. The National Central Bureau "Interpol" Rabat, affiliated with the General Directorate of National Security, was also tasked with informing its counterpart in France of the arrest to send the extradition file. The arrest of the suspect, the same source added, comes within the context of the commitment of Moroccan security services to activate international security cooperation mechanisms, especially the pursuit and arrest of persons wanted internationally in cases of transnational crime.
