Algeria’s security services seized more than 23 tonnes of cannabis during the first half of 2026, along with more than 36 million pregabalin tablets, 1,000 kg of cocaine and a million ecstasy tablets.[1][2][3] The tally covers drug and psychotropic seizures made across Algeria between January and June 2026.[1]

The figures were given by Tarek Kour, director general of the National Office for the Fight against Drugs and Drug Addiction (ONLCDT), Algeria’s drug policy and prevention body, which published the half-year tally.[1][3] He spoke at a national conference on drugs and road safety held in Beni Messous, Algiers, at the National Army Club, organised with the National Gendarmerie command, under the slogan “road safety is everyone’s responsibility… no to drugs”.[1][2][3] Kour said that tackling the phenomenon requires going beyond the traditional security approach and widening prevention, especially against the risks of driving under the influence of drugs and psychotropic substances.[1] Algeria’s Minister of Justice, accompanied by the Gendarmerie commander, opened the conference, which the ONLCDT organised with the Gendarmerie command in light of the traffic law and the national anti-drug strategy for 2025-2029.[4][5]

Kour said the seized pregabalin exceeded the total seized in the whole of the previous year, and the 1,000 kg of cocaine amounted to more than 75 percent of all cocaine recorded last year.[6][2] The figures carry no breakdown by wilaya, seizure or security service, and no suspects, charges or investigations are attached to them.[6]

Tarek Kour said the interim evaluation of the strategy’s first year showed 215 of 278 planned activities completed or under way, 77.3 percent.[5] The minister said the strategy aims not only at the results of drug use but at its causes, dismantling its routes, networks and sources of funding.[5]

The Horizons account gives the precise cannabis figure as 23 tonnes and 818 kg.[3]