Rabat – Members of the Investigation and Intervention Department of the National Judicial Police Brigade arrested on Friday evening a 34-year-old French national, who was the subject of an international arrest warrant issued by the French authorities in connection with criminal networks involved in international drug trafficking.

The suspect was arrested in Casablanca as part of a well-organized security operation aimed at identifying and locating all the places where the accused could find refuge in several Moroccan cities, according to a press release from the Directorate General of National Security (DGSN).

According to preliminary information, the French citizen was wanted internationally under a Red Notice issued by Interpol, at the request of French judicial authorities, who suspected him of leading a number of criminal networks involved in international drug trafficking and money laundering.

The suspect was taken into custody before being presented on Saturday morning before the competent public pro
secutor’s office in Casablanca, as part of the extradition procedure, according to the same source.

This arrest is the culmination of security cooperation and intelligence exchange between the DGSN and the French National Police, in line with international cooperation mechanisms in the security field.

Source: Agency Marocaine De Presse

JENIN: A Palestinian man was brutally assaulted by Israeli colonists this evening outside the colonial Israeli outpost of Homesh, located south of Jenin in the northern occupied West Bank, according to local sources.

Imad Khalil Alawneh, 50, a resident of the town of Jaba’, reported to WAFA that he was savagely beaten and mistreated by several Israeli colonists, who forced him to strip his clothes while he was in a mountainous area on the outskirts of the town.

He added that the colonists detained him for approximately two hours before transferring him to the nearby Homesh outpost, where they subsequently handed him over to the Israeli occupation army. There, he was detained for an additional four hours, blindfolded and handcuffed.

Alawneh was released in the night hours and was transported to Jenin Government Hospital, where he was treated for bruises across his body.

Source: Palestine News and Information Agency – WAFA