Five post employees office behind bars

Five employees in the Moroccan post office (Barid Al-Maghrib) were arrested last Thursday for stealing parcels and mail coming from abroad.

Police started a probe in the case after an executive in the post office administration notified it that an increasing number of people have complained that they have not received the parcels and mail sent to them.

Three employees in the office were caught red-handed as they were transporting stolen packages to a car. The two others were arrested downtown, where they were supposed to meet their accomplices.

The culprits used to comb through the received mail to look for valuable objects before destroying any document likely to raise doubts.

They are facing charges of theft, abuse of trust and destruction of official documents.