{"version":1,"id":"dz","name":"Algeria","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/country/dz/","count":3,"totals":{"reports":3,"arrested":0,"plants_destroyed":0,"hectares":0,"kg_seized":0,"deaths":0},"by_type":{"eradication":0,"seizure":2,"raid":0,"arrest":0,"prosecution":0,"sentence":1,"execution":0,"death":0},"latest":"2026-10-04","reports":[{"id":"algeria-bechar-resin-seizure-2026","code":"CET-0P2C1T","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/algeria-bechar-resin-seizure-2026/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/0P2C1T/","date":"2026-10-04","country":"dz","country_name":"Algeria","place":null,"coordinates":[28.056,2.631],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Algeria seizes 1.66 tonnes of resin on the Moroccan border","summary":"Army detachments in Bechar, near the Moroccan border, seized 1,660 kg of cannabis resin in two operations in early October 2026 and killed one trafficker, the defence ministry said. A week later, another 296 kg were seized along the Moroccan border and 51 people were arrested. The operations were part of a weekly series of army drug seizures reported along the frontier.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"algeria-bechar-resin-seizure-2026","sources":[{"title":"Army eliminates drug trafficker, seizes 1,660 kg of cannabis resin (5 October 2026)","url":"https://www.aps.dz/en/algeria/national-news/muuwfj6i-army-eliminates-drug-trafficker-seizes-1-660-kg-of-cannabis-resin","publisher":"APS","date":null,"archived":null},{"title":"operational report, 14–20 October 2026","url":"https://www.mdn.dz/site_principal/sommaire/actualites/fr/2026/octobre/lutte21102026fr.php","publisher":"Ministry of National Defence","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"algeria-high-security-prison-2026","code":"CET-HGWZQH","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/algeria-high-security-prison-2026/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/HGWZQH/","date":"2026-09-02","country":"dz","country_name":"Algeria","place":null,"coordinates":[28.056,2.631],"precision":"country","type":"sentence","also":[],"title":"Algeria plans a drug enforcement agency and a desert prison","summary":"The High Security Council, chaired by President Abdelmadjid Tebboune, decided on 2 September 2026 to create a specialised drug enforcement body modelled on the US Drug Enforcement Administration and to turn an army barracks at Tanezrouft in the Sahara into a high-security prison for drug traffickers. The presidency announced no legal text or start date.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"algeria-high-security-prison-2026","sources":[{"title":"Lutte anti-drogue: l'Algérie crée sa DEA et une prison dans le désert pour les narcotrafiquants (2 September 2026)","url":"https://www.tsa-algerie.com/lutte-anti-drogue-lalgerie-cree-une-agence-speciale-et-une-prison-dans-le-desert","publisher":"TSA","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"algeria-drug-testing-decrees-2026","code":"CET-D64PXB","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/algeria-drug-testing-decrees-2026/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/D64PXB/","date":"2026-01-14","country":"dz","country_name":"Algeria","place":null,"coordinates":[28.056,2.631],"precision":"country","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Algeria sets drug tests for job applicants and pupils","summary":"Two decrees of 14 January 2026 set the rules for the drug tests introduced by the 2025 drug law. Job applicants in the public and private sectors must file a negative test taken within the previous three months; a positive result blocks the application until the person completes treatment, though the decree says it is not a permanent exclusion.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":[],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"algeria-drug-testing-decrees-2026","sources":[{"title":"Executive Decrees 26-76 and 26-77 of 14 January 2026","url":"https://www.joradp.dz/FTP/jo-francais/2026/F2026008.pdf","publisher":"Algerian Official Gazette 8, 27 January 2026","date":null,"archived":null}]}]}