Four arrested in Algiers–Maghnia over 130 kg of kif
Algiers police arrested four people between Algiers and Maghnia and seized 130 kg of treated kif that authorities said came from Morocco; the suspects were presented to a prosecutor in Koléa.
Algiers police dismantled an international trafficking network and seized130 kg of treated kif that the authorities described as coming from Morocco on 8 September 2026.[1][2]
The operation began when the third judicial-police district of El Biar intercepted a utility vehicle near Algiers; follow-up searches at suspects’ homes in the capital produced additional quantities.[1][2]The reports say the police also seized three vehicles and a motorcycle used by the network.[1][2]
Four people were arrested between Algiers and Maghnia and presented to the prosecutor attached to the Koléa court.[1][2]The sources do not identify the suspects or report what happened after that presentation.[1][2]
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Four detained suspects and 130 kg of treated kif displayed in the Horizons photograph from the Algiers police operation.Photo details
The reports do not name the four suspects or give a later court outcome.
The 130 kg total was recovered in more than one place, but the sources do not give a separate weight for the vehicle and the searches at the suspects' homes.
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