Morocco, 259 people arrested for forging Covid-19 documents

Morocco, 259 people arrested for forging Covid-19 documents
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Wednesday 8 September 2021 - 10:56

Security operations aimed at fighting forgery of health documents related to COVID-19 busted seven operations in the week ranging from August 30 to September 03, according to Hespress sources. The operations resulted in the arrest of 30 people using falsified Covid-19 tests.

The same source added that “in the total outcome of these security operations since the declaration of the state of emergency until September 3rd, security services were able to handle 125 cases, which resulted in the arrest of a total of 259 people for forging these documents or using them despite knowing that they were fake.”

“Of these 259 people arrested, 250 people were detained for forging COVID-19 test results and vaccination passports, while 9 others were for the promotion of smuggled pharmaceutical products related to the detection of the Covid-19 virus,” the source said.

The biggest number of these operations was conducted in Agadir (62 cases), followed by Oujda (27), Marrakech (12) and Casablanca (7).

A total of 445 forged PCR test results were seized, as well as 23 fake vaccination passports, and 35,777 units for rapid detection of the Covid-19 virus, some of which were seized during border control operations smuggled from abroad.

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