Algeria police dismantle six kif networks in a week, seize 113 kg and arrest 21
Algeria's national police dismantled six organised networks trafficking treated kif from Morocco in Oran, Tlemcen, El Oued and Tipasa during the week before 17 October 2026, arresting 21 people and seizing 113 kg. Officers also took cash, a truck, eight vehicles, two motorcycles, a firearm, bladed weapons and psychotropic tablets, and presented the suspects to prosecutors in five courts.
🇩🇿 Oran, Tlemcen, El Oued and Tipasa wilayas, Algeria
Algeria’s national police dismantled six organised criminal networks trafficking
treated kif and other drugs in the west, centre and south of the country, the
Directorate General of National Security (DGSN) said.[1]During the past week,
officers seized1 quintal and 13 kg of treated kif — processed cannabis resin —
from Morocco, or 113 kg.[2]
The operations targeted several localities in the wilayas of Oran, Tlemcen, El
Oued and Tipasa.[1]They were carried out in the national police’s areas of
jurisdiction under the supervision of the competent prosecutors as part of the
fight against organised crime.[1]Twenty-one people belonging to the
dismantled networks were arrested.[1]Police also seized sums of national
currency from the criminal activity, a truck, eight vehicles of different
categories and two motorcycles used to move people and transport the loads.[1]
They recovered a fifth-category firearm, prohibited bladed weapons and
psychotropic tablets.[1]The suspects were presented successively to the
public prosecutors at the courts of Oued Athmania, Fellaoucène in Oran, El Oued,
Bab El Assa in Tlemcen and Koléa in Tipasa.[1]
Photos and video
Treated kif of Moroccan origin seized in the operation, in the lead photograph published with the report; no credit given.Photo details
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Arrested
21
Cannabis
113 kg
Agency type
Police, Prosecutor, Court
Cannabis
Hashish (113 kg)
Activity
Trafficking
Setting
Vehicle
Case stage
Under investigation
Route
Morocco → Algeria
Sources
Horizonshorizons.dzFRSaisie de plus d’un quintal de kif traité d’origine marocaine
L'Express DZexpressdz.dzFRDémantèlement de six réseaux criminels et saisie de 113 kg de kif traité en provenance du Maroc
Open questions the AI reported
The reports say only that the operations took place during the week before 17 October 2026; no exact date is given, and 17 October is the publication date.
No breakdown of the 113 kg, the 21 arrests or the six networks by wilaya or operation was published.
The reports give no amount for the cash seized and no charges or court dates for the 21 suspects.
Both opened accounts reproduce the same DGSN communiqué; no separate DGSN statement page could be opened.
The reports do not say whether the roundup includes operations that Oran police reported separately earlier that 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.
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.
