Algeria's army intercepts 35 traffickers, seizes 329 kg of kif in a week
Algeria's army intercepted 35 drug traffickers and foiled attempts to bring 329 kg of processed kif into the country from Morocco during operations across several military regions on 2–8 September 2026. The same operations seized 210,986 psychotropic tablets; the army gave no locations or charging details.
🇩🇿 Algeria
- Arrested
- 35
- Cannabis
- 329 kg
Algeria’s army carried out operations across several regions of the country
between 2 and 8 September 2026.[1] Its combined detachments, working with the
different security services, intercepted 35 narcotrafiquants, or drug
traffickers.[1] The detachments also foiled attempts to bring 3 quintals and
29 kilograms (329 kg) of kif traité into the country from the Moroccan border.[1]
The same operations led to the seizure of 210,986 psychotropic tablets.[1] The
army described the operations as part of efforts to prevent narcotics from
entering national territory.[1] The figures cover a week of operations across
several military regions rather than a single raid.[1]
The army presented the operations as part of its fight against drug trafficking.[1] The army’s operations that week also covered counterterrorism, illegal gold
mining, smuggling and migration.[1]
Sources
- L’ANP poursuit ses opérations contre le terrorisme et la criminalité organisée. Horizons, 9 September 2026. In French.
Open questions the AI reported
- The figures are the army's totals for 2–8 September 2026 across several military regions; the source does not say where the kif was seized, in which regions the 35 were detained, or whether they were charged.
- The source says the 35 were "intercepted" (intercepté) rather than formally arrested; the arrest count follows that wording.
- Only one source could be opened for this event; the figures are the army communiqué as published by Horizons.
- The 210,986 psychotropic tablets are not cannabis and are not counted in kg_seized.