The security operations carried out by the General Directorate of National Security to suppress the trafficking of illegal fireworks and rockets, in parallel with the Ashura festivities, resulted in the arrest of 237 people, including 83 minors, as well as the seizure of more than one million forty-seven thousand one hundred and eighty-nine units of these prohibited flammable substances.
During this period, the national security services handled a total of 206 criminal cases concerning the possession and distribution of illegal fireworks and rockets. The city of Settat recorded the highest number with 62 cases and the arrest of 59 suspects involved in these criminal activities, followed by Casablanca with 43 cases, El Jadida with 30 cases, Kenitra with 23 cases, and Marrakech with 19 cases, etc.
The seizure operations carried out in the context of these cases led to the confiscation of a total of one million forty-seven thousand one hundred and eighty-nine units of fireworks and rockets of various sizes and categories, including 451,116 units in Casablanca, 378,098 units in Sétat, 91,306 units in Marrakech, 51,976 units in Kenitra, as well as 46,398 units by the provincial security of El Jadida, etc.
These intensive security operations are part of the security authorities’ desire to dry up all sources of trafficking and distribution of these dangerous and flammable substances, and to neutralize the dangers linked to their use, particularly among children and young people.
