Algeria’s authorities carried out the sixth national operation to destroy drugs and psychotropic substances on 12 November 2026 in Chlef wilaya in the First Military Region.[1] The operation gathered every consignment seized by People’s National Army, National Gendarmerie, National Security and Algerian Customs units, in the presence of local and national civil, judicial and security authorities.[1] It was supervised by the National Committee for destroying drugs and psychotropics, chaired by the prosecutor general at the Chlef court.[1] Judicial-police services weighed and inventoried the stocks held at collection centres and escorted them to the factory designated for burning and destruction.[1]
The burn destroyed 9 tonnes, 802 kilograms and 861 grams of treated kif.[1] Treated kif is processed cannabis resin, described as Indian hemp or kif hashish.[2] The same operation also destroyed 1 tonne, 135 kilograms and 712 grams of hard drugs in the form of cocaine and heroin.[1] It also covered more than 33.5 million hallucinogenic tablets.[2] It also covered 27 kilograms and 579 grams of psychotropic powder.[1] The authorities valued all of the destroyed consignments together at 52,979,400,320 Algerian dinars.[1]
At the factory the seals were opened, the consignments inventoried and the drugs destroyed under legal and environmental standards with safety conditions observed.[1] The operation was the sixth in a series of national destruction operations begun in 2023 under the national strategy for preventing drugs and psychotropics.[1] At a related forum on drug use, National Gendarmerie commander Maj. Gen. Ali Seydan described drug flows as a cross-border strategic security challenge linked to organised crime, public health, road safety and economic and social security.[2]
