Algeria police seize 5.8 tonnes of cannabis in 10 months; 210,000 implicated
Algeria's National Security police seized more than 5.8 tonnes of cannabis, 874 kg of cocaine and about 31 million psychotropic tablets between January and October 2026, director general Ali Badaoui announced in Algiers. More than 210,000 people were implicated in the 194,000 drug cases the service handled, over 44,000 of them in trafficking.
Algeria’s National Security police handled more than 194,000 drug and
psychotropic cases between 1 January and 31 October 2026, implicating more than
210,000 people, of whom more than 44,000 were involved in trafficking.[1]Director General of National Security Ali Badaoui gave the figures in Algiers on
12 November 2026, in a speech at a guidance meeting with National Security
cadres chaired by Ibrahim Murad, the Minister of State for the Interior and
Local Communities.[1]
Badaoui announced that the police seized more than 5 tonnes and 800 kg of
cannabis, or 5.8 tonnes, between 1 January and 31 October 2026.[1]The same
ten-month haul included more than 874 kg of cocaine and about 31 million
psychotropic tablets, which are not counted as cannabis.[1]A second outlet
gives the same ten-month seizure totals: more than 874 kg of cocaine, more than
5 tonnes and 800 kg of cannabis and about 31 million psychotropic tablets.[2]
The directorate also handled more than 16,000 economic and financial crimes
involving more than 20,000 people and registered more than 2,300 organised-crime
cases harming the national economy with more than 3,200 people involved.[1]The second outlet likewise reports more than 194,000 cases implicating over
210,000 people, including more than 44,000 in drug trafficking.[2]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
The accounts do not split the 5.8 tonnes between treated kif (resin) and herbal cannabis, and give no figure for cannabis plants destroyed.
The 874 kg of cocaine and about 31 million psychotropic tablets are other substances and are excluded from the cannabis figure.
No individual seizure, wilaya, operation, charge, prosecution or court outcome is attached to the ten-month tally; the 210,000 people are described as implicated in cases, not as arrested, so no arrest figure is recorded.
The cannabis total is described as more than 5 tonnes and 800 kg, so 5.8 tonnes is the figure's floor rather than an exact amount.
The published accounts cover only the drug cases; the separate economic and financial crime figures have no cannabis breakdown.
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.
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.
