Bad policemen in Tan-Tan
At the roundebout just outside of Tan-Tan ; direction to Smara or Tarfaya or Laayoune or just to Mauritania ; there are 2 policemen waiting for forreigners and give them a penalty of 700 dirham (around 70 euro) because you diden't stop at the stop sign. I can assure you , almost nowbody stops there. And in Morocco the 'rules' aren't that strict.
The 2 policemen at first are realy friendly and ask your passport and drivers license. If you don'ty pay, you won't get them back.
When i was there , there were 5 forreigners waiting to pay. You get a receite in Arabic.
This is the first time in Morocco i had this with the police. Always they are really friendly.
Even in Smare ( where i was) these 2 are known. They already charged a few hundred forreigners.
I will send an email and duplicat off my penalty and ask if annything can be done with this in the futur.
At the moment they want in Morocco that Europeans invest in Morocco and they welcome toerist but these 2 apperently have another oppinion.
Every boddy who passes here is worned by this.
grts
Peter Penson
ktmboven
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