Two held with 55 g of cannabis and 935 bottles of alcohol in Dar El Beida
Algerian police arrested two suspects in the Dar El Beida district of Algiers and seized 55 grams of cannabis and marijuana along with 935 bottles of alcohol, the national security directorate said. The pair, both foreign nationals, were also accused of selling alcohol without a licence and of harbouring foreigners in the country illegally, and were referred to prosecutors.
Police of the Dar El Beida administrative district in Algiers arrested two
suspects and seized55 grams of cannabis resin and marijuana together with 935
bottles of alcoholic drink, the Directorate General of National Security (DGSN)
said in a statement.[1]
The case began when officers of the district’s judicial police brigade searched
a foreign suspect during patrols and found a bag of 20 rolled paper parcels
holding 25 grams of cannabis and marijuana.[2]A search warrant issued by the
territorially competent public prosecutor led officers to search the suspect’s
home.[1]At the home, officers detained a second suspect, a foreign woman, and
seized the 935 bottles of alcohol.[2]
Beyond the drugs, the two suspects were also accused of selling alcohol without
a licence and of harbouring foreigners who had entered and stayed in Algeria
illegally.[3]After the legal procedures were completed, the two suspects were
brought before the territorially competent courts.[1]
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Open questions the AI reported
The 55 g total and the 25 g found in the parcels on the first suspect do not obviously add up; the sources do not explain whether the 55 g includes further cannabis found at the home.
No breakdown of the 55 g between resin and marijuana is given, and no street value was published.
The sources give no separate date for the arrest or the searches; 26 August 2022 is the date of the DGSN statement and the publication date of two of the accounts, and is used as the incident date.
No charge sheet or court outcome was reported beyond the referral to the territorially competent courts.
The names, ages and nationalities of the two suspects were not published; both are described only as foreign nationals.
The page photo carries no credit and is captioned only with the article headline, so it is not established to show this seizure; it is linked, not used as a cover.
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