The victim was arrested on October 16, 2020, along with his father, through a police ambush from the security forces in Alexandria Governorate in front of Fathallah Mall in Burj Al Arab.

The victim's father and the victim were taken after a verbal altercation with one of the members of the ambush because of Moaz's objection to the ill-treatment and insult to which his father was subjected for no reason. They were transferred to the Burj Al-Arab Police Department, and from there to the National Security headquarters in Alexandria.

The victim's father was released on the same day, and since then Moaz has been subjected to enforced disappearance and has not been brought before any investigative body.