Algeria police dismantle ten kif networks in the west, seize 205 kg and arrest 28
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.
🇩🇿 Tlemcen, Naâma, Oran and Béchar wilayas, western Algeria
Algeria’s national police dismantled ten criminal networks specialising in drug
trafficking in the west of the country and arrested 28 people, the Directorate
General of National Security (DGSN) said.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]The operations, run in succession
by the national police’s operational teams, seized205 kg of treated kif —
processed cannabis resin — that came from Morocco.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]
The teams carried out the operations in the wilayas of Tlemcen, Naâma, Oran and
Béchar, under the supervision of the territorial public prosecutors, according
to the DGSN statement.[1][2][3][5][9]Investigators seized 13 tourist vehicles and two
motorcycles used for these activities.[1][2][3][5][9]They also recovered more than 1
billion and 300 million centimes — more than 13 million dinars — which the
statement described as the proceeds of these illicit activities.[1][3][5][9]
At the end of the investigation the suspects were brought before the public
prosecutors at the courts of Oran, Naâma, Tlemcen and Béchar.[1][2][3][5][9]
Ennahar Online carried the same statement in Arabic, adding that the networks’
activity extended to other wilayas of the country.[10]
Morocco World News described the Algerian statement as one of a series of similar Algerian claims attributing cannabis seizures to Morocco, and recalled earlier Algerian army accounts of killing Moroccan nationals in Béchar province over alleged kif smuggling.[6]
The statement names Morocco as the country of origin but gives no substantiation for that assertion.[7]Algeria’s state news agency distributed the announcement on the basis of a police statement.[7]
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Lead photograph published with the report on the seizures in western Algeria, without a caption or credit; it does not show which seizure.Photo details
None of the accounts gives the day or days of the operations; 7 November 2026 is the publication date and is used as the incident date.
No breakdown of the 205 kg, the 28 arrests or the ten networks by wilaya or operation was published, and the statement does not say where each network was dismantled.
The statement gives no charges and no court dates for the 28 suspects, who were only brought before prosecutors in Oran, Naâma, Tlemcen and Béchar.
The centime sum is recorded as the authorities' description of criminal proceeds, not as a street value of the kif.
The three accounts reproduce the same DGSN communiqué and are not independent reporting; no statement page on the DGSN's own site could be opened.
The lead photograph is published with the Horizons article but carries no caption or credit, so it is not established which seizure it shows.
The Echorouk Online image is a stock illustration marked as such, and Ennahar's lead image did not load, so no other photo of this event was added.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in الشروق أونلاين: Echorouk Online reported the same police statement in Arabic, with 205 kg of treated kif from Morocco, 28 people held, ten networks dismantled and 13 tourist vehicles and two motorcycles seized in Tlemcen, Naâma, Oran and Béchar.
No operation dates are given; 7 November 2026 is the publication and statement date used as the incident date.
The page reproduces the same DGSN statement as the sources already cited in the report, so it is not independent reporting of the seizure.
The Béchar incidents the page recalls for context are separate events, recorded elsewhere, and are not part of this report.
The page uses the Dutch term hasj for the seized resin and gives only the rounded 205 kilo figure, with no wilaya breakdown, vehicles or cash totals.
The page gives only the rounded 205 kg figure and the totals of 28 arrests and ten networks, with no wilaya breakdown, vehicles, cash or court details.
The Radio Algérienne page reproduces the same DGSN statement as the sources already cited and is not independent reporting of the seizure.
The page gives no weight figure other than 205 kg and no breakdown by wilaya or operation, and gives no charges or court dates.
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 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.
Algeria's Oran extérieur mobile customs brigade, backed by an army detachment, seized 211.066 kg of treated kif, five cars, two motorcycles, 320,000 dinars and 1,750 euros, and arrested seven people. The customs service said the seven were handed over to the justice system and brought before the public prosecutor at the Oran court.
