Four held as Algiers police seize 7 kg of kif in Chéraga
Algiers judicial police arrested four people, including a woman, in Chéraga over an alleged organised drug-trafficking network. Officers seized just over 7 kg of treated kif alongside cocaine, cash, vehicles and paraphernalia before referring the suspects to the Bir Mourad Raïs prosecutor.
🇩🇿 Chéraga, Algiers · Algeria
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Arrested
4
Cannabis
7.006 kg
Vehicles confiscated
2
Cash confiscated
DZD 100,000
Agencies
Brigade mobile de la police judiciaire de Chéraga, Sûreté de la wilaya d'Alger
The mobile judicial-police brigade for the Chéraga administrative district
arrested four people, including a woman, on suspicion of belonging to an
organised criminal network specialising in drug trafficking.[1][2]The
intervention was carried out under the supervision of the territorially
competent prosecution after intelligence about the criminal group’s alleged
drug-trafficking activity.[1]After the investigation procedures, the suspects
were brought before the public prosecutor at the Bir Mourad Raïs court under a
criminal-procedure file.[1][2]
According to the Algiers wilaya security communication unit, officers seized7
kg and 6 g of treated kif and 190 g of cocaine in Chéraga.[1]During the same
operation, police also recovered 10 million centimes in national currency said
to come from drug sales, as well as a passenger vehicle, a motorcycle, a
banknote-counting machine and an electronic scale.[1]
The services concerned identified and arrested the four suspects following
investigations, and the account attributes the seizure figures to the Algiers
security authorities rather than an independent weighing.[1]
The arrests and seizures were made during the past week, the outlet reported.[2]
Photos and video
Seized treated kif shown in the photo accompanying the Horizons report on the Chéraga seizure.Photo details
No separate date is given for the raid or arrests; 8 November 2026 is the article's publication date and is used as the incident date.
The 190 g of cocaine seized in the same operation is not counted in cannabis figures; only the separately stated kif weight is recorded as cannabis.
The cash sum of 10 million centimes is recorded as 100,000 Algerian dinars (100 centimes = 1 dinar).
No identities, detailed charges, pleas or court outcome for the four suspects were reported.
Only one source, reproducing the Algiers security communication unit's account, could be opened.
The page image carries no caption or credit beyond alt text identifying it as treated kif, so its precise depiction of this seizure is not confirmed.
La patrie news says the DGSN statement, with a video, was issued 'ce samedi' while the page is dated Sunday 8 November 2026 and gives no separate day for the raid or the past week's arrests.
La patrie news and Horizons both reproduce the same Algiers security communication unit statement, so they are not independent accounts of the seizure.
The page photo is captioned only with the article headline and carries no credit identifying what it depicts.
Algiers police arrested six people suspected of running a neighbourhood gang that intimidated residents of Draria, seizing 19.6 grams of processed cannabis alongside cocaine, psychotropic tablets, bladed weapons and suspected drug proceeds. The six were presented before the public prosecutor at the Chéraga court.
Béjaïa police arrested nine people in a drug-trafficking investigation that began in Oued Ghir and continued with searches in Barbacha and Saket. Officers seized a piece of Indian hemp alongside pregabalin and ecstasy tablets; seven were remanded and two placed under judicial supervision.
Algeria's National Gendarmerie arrested 33 people, including a minor, and seized 176 kg of processed cannabis in Algiers on 4 November 2026. The defence ministry said the operation dismantled two cross-border criminal networks and also involved cocaine and psychotropic tablets.
Ouargla police arrested a suspect in a city neighbourhood and seized 25 kg of cannabis after acting on a tip about suspected drug trafficking. After legal procedures were completed, the suspect was presented before the territorially competent prosecutor.
