Gendarmerie arrests national fugitive with 20+ warrants in Tamegroute
Royal Gendarmerie officers in Tamegroute (Marrakech) arrested a national wanted person on Thursday, suspecting him of narcotics trafficking. He had been the subject of more than 20 national search warrants and was seized in a nightclub in Marrakech.
🇲🇦 Tamegroute (Marrakech), Morocco
Arrested
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On Thursday early morning, the judicial centre of the Royal Gendarmerie in
Tamegroute (Marrakech) carried out a security operation that arrested a person
suspected of involvement in narcoticstrafficking.[1]The man was a national
fugitive who was the subject of more than 20 national search warrants.[1]
The gendarmerie acted on information that he was inside a nightclub on Abdelkrim
Al-Khatibi street in Marrakech, where officers intervened and stopped his escape
to detain him.[1]
He was taken to the judicial centre of the Royal Gendarmerie in Tamegroute to go
through the necessary legal procedures and to verify the cases linked to the
search warrants issued against him.[1]
The operation was part of security actions aimed at pursuing people suspected of
involvement in the illicit trade in narcotics and intensifying efforts to combat
crime in the area.[1]
The exact date of the arrest is not given; publication is 12 November 2026 and the text describes it as Thursday early morning, and 12 November 2026 is used as the incident date.
The number of search warrants is given as 'more than 20' without an exact count.
No drug quantity or value was seized or published in this report.
The suspect's name and the charges to follow were not published.
The nightclub location is named as a street in Marrakech but the precise venue is not identified.
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