A joint security team arrested a 28-year-old man on Sunday, November 8, on suspicion of involvement in the murder of two people in a shooting near Benslimane, amid suspected links to drug and psychotropic substance trafficking, Morocco’s General Directorate of National Security (DGSN) said.
The operation involved officers from the National Judicial Police Brigade and the Royal Gendarmerie’s National Brigade, acting on intelligence provided by the General Directorate for Territorial Surveillance (DGST).
The suspect, who has a criminal record, was the subject of a nationwide wanted notice over suspected links to a criminal network believed to be involved in drug trafficking. Investigators suspect the network was connected to the killing of the two victims in a forested area near kilometer marker 33 outside Benslimane.
The arrest followed extensive field investigations aimed at establishing the circumstances of the killings and identifying those allegedly involved. The inquiry led investigators to identify several suspected members of the network, including brothers from the outskirts of the northern city of Ouazzane, who are suspected of playing leading roles in managing its illegal activities.
Security operations also resulted in the arrest of another key suspect in the Wanana area near Ouazzane on Sunday. His brother was also apprehended after authorities discovered that he was wanted nationally in connection with a case involving suspected desertion from military service. He was handed over to the competent Royal Gendarmerie authorities.
The main suspect was placed in police custody as part of a judicial investigation supervised by the competent public prosecutor’s office.
Investigators are working to establish the full circumstances of the killings, identify possible further links within the criminal network and examine its suspected involvement in drug and psychotropic substance trafficking.
Joint security operations remain underway to locate and arrest other individuals suspected of involvement in the case, while investigators continue examining the network’s possible links to other violent crimes in the forested area near Benslimane.
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