HIBAPRESS
The elements of the judicial police squad in the Ait Melloul security district, in coordination with the services of the General Directorate for the Monitoring of National Territory, managed this Sunday morning, February 8th, to arrest a 46-year-old person with multiple criminal records, on suspicion of being linked to a criminal network active in thefts from inside commercial stores and money transfer agencies.
The suspect was arrested in the rural area of "Qallia", near the city of Ait Melloul, as part of the ongoing investigations that the security services are conducting following the arrest of three other people, suspected of being involved in committing a series of thefts that targeted commercial stores in the cities of Agadir, Inezgane, Ait Melloul, and Taroudant, in addition to a money transfer agency in the rural area of "Assafaa", near the city of Biougra, these are the criminal cases, one of which was the subject of a video clip that was circulated on social media. The arrest and search operation resulted in the discovery of a sum of money and quantities of consumer goods in the possession of the suspect, suspected of being the proceeds of this criminal activity, in addition to seals and checkbooks, as well as the seizure of clothes that matched those that the suspect was wearing while committing these criminal acts, and an additional utility vehicle suspected of being used in this criminal activity. The process of searching the suspect's identity in the national security database also showed that he is the subject of 27 national search warrants, on suspicion of his involvement in various criminal cases, including forming a criminal gang, thefts, issuing bad checks, and fraud. The suspect has been held under custody pending the judicial investigation being conducted by the provincial judicial police department in Agadir within the framework of this case under the supervision of the competent Public Prosecution.
