A Security Earthquake in the Imzouren Case... The National Brigade Strikes Hard, Leading to Widespread Arrests Among the Royal Gendarmerie!

More than a month after the killing of police officer Hamza Al-Za’am, the case of the armed confrontation in Imzouren has seen rapid security and judicial developments that caused widespread shock after the National Judicial Police Brigade and the National Judicial Investigation Brigade of the Royal Gendarmerie entered the Chakhaman barracks in Rabat as part of the investigation.

Field reports conflict regarding whether 22 individuals were arrested or whether a preliminary list of 11 gendarmes of various ranks was placed under judicial investigation, after some of them were transferred from stations in Al Hoceima, Imzouren, and El Jadida, as well as other regional commands, as part of the recent personnel reshuffle.

The reasons for these arrests and mass transfers stem from the results of digital forensic analyses ordered by the Public Prosecutor’s Office on the phones of “El-Ghalbrouzi,” and his associates, which revealed communications and suspected collusion, as well as a turning of a blind eye to his criminal activities related to cocaine trafficking and human trafficking.

Security agencies, under the supervision of the Public Prosecutor’s Office and with Judicial Police Director Mohamed Al-Dakheisi present on the ground, are continuing to deepen their investigations to determine individual and professional responsibilities, while emphasizing that arrest does not imply conviction and that the independent judiciary has the final say.