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Algeria plans a drug enforcement agency and a desert prison

The High Security Council, chaired by President Abdelmadjid Tebboune, decided on 2 September 2026 to create a specialised drug enforcement body modelled on the US Drug Enforcement Administration and to turn an army barracks at Tanezrouft in the Sahara into a high-security prison for drug traffickers. The presidency announced no legal text or start date.

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The High Security Council, chaired by President Abdelmadjid Tebboune, decided on 2 September 2026 to create a specialised drug enforcement body modelled on the US Drug Enforcement Administration and to turn an army barracks at Tanezrouft in the Sahara into a high-security prison for drug traffickers. The presidency announced no legal text or start date. The council also called for the death penalty in every arson case, as the government prepared a broader penal-code amendment.[1]

Sources

  1. Lutte anti-drogue: l'Algérie crée sa DEA et une prison dans le désert pour les narcotrafiquants (2 September 2026). TSA. High Security Council decisions; presidency statement.

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Location accuracy: country only. The sources name no closer place; the dot marks the middle of Algeria.28.06, 2.63

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