Eight held as police seize 86 kg of kif in Blida, Tlemcen
Algeria's national police dismantled three criminal networks in Blida and Tlemcen, arresting eight people and seizing 86 kg of treated kif said to come from Morocco. The Blida operation also netted 2.53 million dinars and four cars, with the seizures announced on 2 April 2026.
Specialised operational units of the Sûreté nationale dismantled three criminal
narcotics-trafficking networks in three distinct operations in Blida and Tlemcen
during the previous week.[1]Eight people were arrested and more than 2.5
million dinars were recovered in the three operations.[2]The Directorate
General of National Security’s central communication service announced the three
operations in a communiqué.[1]
Officers seized a total of 86 kilograms of treated kif that the authorities said
had come from Morocco.[2]The first operation in Blida yielded 36.5 kilograms
of cannabis, the sum of 2.53 million dinars and four passenger vehicles.[2]The second operation took place in Tlemcen, where law-enforcement officers
recovered 27 kilograms of cannabis.[2]The third operation, also in Tlemcen
wilaya, yielded 23 kilograms of treated kif.[2]The services also recovered
253 million centimes in the operations.[3]
The communiqué said the dismantled networks were active in illicit trafficking
of narcotics.[3]The French-language reports call the seized drug kif traité,
meaning treated kif.[2]
Photos and video
Image accompanying the Ennahar Online report, captioned with the seizure of 86 kilograms of cannabis from Morocco.Photo details
The articles give no separate dates for the three operations; 2 April 2026 is the publication and announcement date, with the operations described only as during the previous week.
No names, charges, prosecutor referral or court outcome were reported.
The three component weights add to 86.5 kg (36.5 kg plus 27 kg plus 23 kg) while the official total is given as 86 kg; the report uses the official 86 kg total.
The original DGSN communiqué was not opened directly; the account relies on APS, Ennahar Online and La Patrie News summaries of it.
No separate cannabis-only valuation was published; the 2,530,000-dinar figure is recovered cash, not a drug value.
Algiers police arrested six people suspected of running a neighbourhood gang that intimidated residents of Draria, seizing 19.6 grams of processed cannabis alongside cocaine, psychotropic tablets, bladed weapons and suspected drug proceeds. The six were presented before the public prosecutor at the Chéraga court.
Béjaïa police arrested nine people in a drug-trafficking investigation that began in Oued Ghir and continued with searches in Barbacha and Saket. Officers seized a piece of Indian hemp alongside pregabalin and ecstasy tablets; seven were remanded and two placed under judicial supervision.
Algiers judicial police arrested four people, including a woman, in Chéraga over an alleged organised drug-trafficking network. Officers seized just over 7 kg of treated kif alongside cocaine, cash, vehicles and paraphernalia before referring the suspects to the Bir Mourad Raïs prosecutor.
Algeria's National Gendarmerie arrested 33 people, including a minor, and seized 176 kg of processed cannabis in Algiers on 4 November 2026. The defence ministry said the operation dismantled two cross-border criminal networks and also involved cocaine and psychotropic tablets.
