Italian police say they have arrested two Moroccan residents on suspicion of distributing pro-Daesh propaganda, abc news reported.

Police said the two men living in the Liguria region bordering France have previous arrests for dealing drugs and other offenses. 

A third Moroccan is under investigation.

The investigation was launched when a young woman reported receiving a photo on WhatsApp showing a woman posing with a machine gun in position to fire. The photo originated from a number in Morocco that was not in the phone's address book.

The woman told police she had lent the phone to a Moroccan resident of a refugee home several months earlier.

Source: MENA