Chlef gendarmes seize 71.6 kg of cannabis resin on the East–West Highway
Gendarmerie investigators in Chlef seized 71.6 kg of processed cannabis hidden under a utility vehicle on the East–West Highway and arrested two suspects they linked to a cross-border trafficking network. The vehicle was seized and the pair were to face prosecutors.
🇩🇿 East–West Highway, Chlef wilaya · Algeria
- Arrested
- 2
- Cannabis
- 71.6 kg
Chlef gendarmerie research officers seized 71.6 kilograms of processed cannabis (kif) concealed
under the chassis of a utility vehicle during a check on the East–West Highway, according to a
National Gendarmerie statement reported on 5 September 2026.[1][2]
The operation followed intelligence work and ended with two people arrested and the van seized.[1][2]
Authorities described them as part of a criminal network involved in cross-border drug trafficking.[1]
The suspects were to be handed to the competent courts after the legal steps on the drugs and vehicle,
while inquiries continued under judicial supervision.[2]
Sources
- Chlef : plus de 71,6 kg de kif traité saisis. Awras, 5 September 2026. In French.
- Plus de 71 kg de kif saisis à Chlef. L'Espoir Libéré, 5 September 2026. In French.
Open questions the AI reported
- A later magazine summary spoke of several suspects arrested; the gendarmerie communiqués opened here named two people stopped with the van.
- The suspects were not named in these reports.