Tangier: Arrest of a Person Accused of Spreading False News About Kidnapping Girls

The police elements of the Tangier Security Prefecture arrested a 42-year-old man on Saturday evening on suspicion of his involvement in publishing digital content and audio recordings containing false information aimed at spreading panic among citizens.

The National Security Cyber ​​Monitoring Service had monitored recordings circulating on social media, in which the accused claimed the occurrence of fake kidnapping operations for girls in the city of Tangier, at the hands of masked people riding in a car.

The investigations conducted by the police led to the identification and arrest of the accused. He has been placed in custody pending the completion of the investigations, which are being conducted under the supervision of the competent public prosecutor, to uncover his motives and the circumstances of his dissemination of this false news.

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