Three held as Algiers police seize 365 g of kif in Bir Mourad Raïs
Algiers police arrested three people accused of running an organised network that sold drugs and psychotropic pills to young people in Bir Mourad Raïs. Officers seized 365 grams of treated kif, psychotropic substances, an electronic scale, two maritime signal flares, knives and 44,000 dinars in suspected proceeds, then referred the three to the Boufarik public prosecutor.
🇩🇿 Bir Mourad Raïs, Algiers · Algeria
- Arrested
- 3
- Cannabis
- 365 g
- Value (official estimate)
- DZD 44,000
Police in the 8th urban security unit of Bir Mourad Raïs, an administrative
district of Algiers, dismantled an organised network of three people trafficking
drugs and psychotropic substances.[1] The unit operates under the Algiers
wilaya security services, whose communication unit announced the operation in a
statement.[1] It followed reliable information about the group’s suspicious
activity, and investigators identified the suspects and located them before
arresting them.[1] The network sold drugs and psychotropic pills among young
people.[2]
The operation ended with the seizure of 365 grams of treated kif, processed
cannabis, a quantity of psychotropic substances and an electronic scale.[2]
The seizure also included two maritime signal flares, prohibited bladed weapons
and 44,000 dinars in cash.[1] Police consider the sum to be proceeds of the
group’s criminal activity.[1]
After the legal procedures were completed, the three suspects were presented to
the public prosecutor at the Boufarik court.[2]
Sources
- La police démantèle un réseau criminel spécialisé dans le trafic de drogues. Horizons, 22 October 2026. In French.
- شرطة العاصمة تفكك شبكة إجرامية لترويج المخدرات والمؤثرات العقلية ببئر مراد رايس. بركة نيوز, 22 October 2026. In Arabic.
Open questions the AI reported
- Neither report gives a date for the arrests; 22 October 2026 is the date both articles were published.
- The reports give no weight or further description of the psychotropic substances seized.
- No charges, court date or outcome for the three suspects are reported.
- Neither report explains why a case opened in Bir Mourad Raïs was referred to the Boufarik public prosecutor.
- The images published with the two articles carry no caption or credit identifying them as photographs of this seizure, so no media link is recorded.