Algeria's army holds 38 traffickers, foils 288 kg of kif in a week
Algeria's army said its combined detachments, working with the security services, intercepted 38 narcotrafiquants and foiled attempts to bring 2 quintals and 88 kilograms (288 kg) of kif traité, treated cannabis, across the Moroccan borders between 4 and 10 November 2026. The same operations also yielded cocaine and psychotropic tablets, which are not counted as cannabis.
Algeria’s National People’s Army (ANP) reported that its combined detachments,
working with the different security services, intercepted 38 narcotrafiquants,
or drug traffickers, during operations across the military regions.[1][2][3]The
operations ran from 4 to 10 November 2026.[1][3]The army said the detachments
foiled attempts to introduce 2 quintals and 88 kilograms (288 kg) of kif traité,
treated cannabis, coming from the borders with Morocco.[4][2][3]
The same operations also yielded 5 kilograms of cocaine and 391,821 psychotropic
tablets, which are not counted as cannabis here.[1][2][3]Separate operations
against illegal gold panning in Tamanrasset, Bordj Badji Mokhtar, In Salah, In
Guezzam and Illizi led to the arrest of 284 people and the seizure of 22
vehicles, 83 generators and 45 jackhammers.[1][3]
The figures are the army’s weekly operational bilan totals for a week of
operations by army units and detachments across the military regions rather than
a single raid.[1]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Algerian Customs reported seizing 730.350 kg of kif traité during nationwide operations from 1 to 7 November 2026, in coordination with security services. The weekly customs bilan also listed cocaine and psychotropic tablets, which are excluded from the cannabis total.
Algeria's National Gendarmerie seized about 11 tonnes of processed kif, 16,270 kg of cannabis herb and 4,162 cannabis plants in the first 10 months of 2026 and arrested 25,218 people. Commander Ali Seydan gave the tally at a national drugs and road-safety forum in Algiers, which also reported cocaine, pregabalin and road-crash figures.
Arrested 25,218Plants destroyed 4,162Cannabis 27.27 t
Algeria's national police dismantled ten criminal networks trafficking treated kif from Morocco in Tlemcen, Naâma, Oran and Béchar wilayas, arresting 28 people and seizing 205 kg. Officers also took 13 tourist vehicles, two motorcycles and more than 1.3 billion centimes the DGSN called the proceeds of the trade, and brought the suspects before prosecutors in the four wilayas.
Algeria's security services seized more than 23 tonnes of cannabis, along with psychotropic tablets and cocaine, in the first six months of 2026, the National Office for the Fight against Drugs and Drug Addiction reported. Its director general gave the figures at a national conference on drugs and road safety in Algiers.
