One held as gendarmes seize 117 kg of kif in Chéraga, Algiers
Algeria's national gendarmerie arrested a man described as a drug trafficker in Chéraga, Algiers, on 26 April 2026 and seized 117 kg of treated kif, a semi-trailer truck and a passenger vehicle. The Ministry of National Defence said the operation broke up an organised network trafficking narcotics and psychotropic substances.
🇩🇿 Chéraga, Algiers · Algeria
Arrested
1
Cannabis
117 kg
Investigators of the Gendarmerie nationale’s search and investigation service in
Chéraga, in the Algiers region, arrested a man described as a drug trafficker on
Sunday after acting on intelligence.[1]The national defence ministry said the
operation also broke up an organised criminal network specialising in
traffickingnarcotics and psychotropic substances.[2]The operation took place
on Sunday 26 April 2026, according to the ministry statement quoted by Algerian
media.[3]
Officers seized a quintal and 17 kilograms of treated kif, that is, 117
kilograms of processed cannabis resin.[1]The seizure was announced in a
communiqué of the Ministry of National Defence, the parent ministry of the
gendarmerie, which belongs to the army’s 1st Military Region.[2]
Alongside the cannabis, officers seized a quantity of money, a semi-trailer
truck and a passenger vehicle.[1]The gendarmerie’s statement described the
money as substantial and as coming from the network’s criminal revenues.[3]The gendarmerie unit was described as falling under the 1st Military Region, and
the national gendarmerie is based in Chéraga.[2]
Photos and video
Illustration image accompanied the Ennahar Online report on the seizure, captioned with the headline on more than a quintal of cannabis; no photo credit is given.Photo details
No value was published for the money seized, so no cash or value figure is recorded.
The seized kif is described only as treated kif (kif traité), processed cannabis resin; no split between products was reported.
The suspect's name, age and charges were not published, and no prosecutor referral or court outcome were reported.
The national gendarmerie's headquarters are in Chéraga; the statement does not say where in the Algiers region the arrest and seizure physically took place.
The APS and Le Courrier d'Algérie accounts reproduce the same Ministry of National Defence communiqué, so they are not independent of each other.
The Ennahar Online picture is an uncaptioned illustration headed with the headline and is not established to show this seizure itself.
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.
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.
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.
