Officers from the Agadir judicial police department, supported by police from the Oulad Teima police station, arrested the 25-year-old French national of Malian origin on Saturday, November 7, under an international arrest warrant issued by French authorities in a case involving intentional homicide with a firearm.
The suspect was identified and arrested in Oulad Teima at around 2 p.m., following precise information provided by the General Directorate for Territorial Surveillance (DGST).
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A check of the foreign national’s identity against security databases and wanted-person lists revealed that he was the subject of an Interpol Red Notice. The notice calls for his location and provisional arrest internationally, in response to an international arrest warrant issued by French justice authorities in connection with a fatal shooting.
According to initial information, the suspect is believed to have been involved in a murder committed with a firearm in France on September 6, 2026. The case is suspected to be linked to the illicit trafficking of drugs and psychotropic substances.
On the instructions of the competent public prosecutor’s office, the suspect was placed in police custody for the purposes of the judicial investigation, pending the procedures required for extradition through international cooperation channels.
