Chlef's mobile customs brigade, supported by the army and gendarmerie, seized 96.3 kg of treated kif in three operations on 9 September 2026 and detained eight people for judicial proceedings.
🇩🇿 Chlef wilaya, Algeria
Chlef’s mobile customs brigade, supported by the People’s National Army and the National Gendarmerie, reported three operations that seized 96.3 kg of treated kif and detained eight people.[1][2]
The first operation recovered 50 kg and led to three arrests, the second recovered 28.5 kg and led to one arrest, and the third recovered 17.8 kg and led to four arrests.[1][2]
The detained people and the seized cannabis were handed to the competent judicial authorities.[1][2]
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Algerian Customs reported seizing 730.350 kg of kif traité during nationwide operations from 1 to 7 November 2026, in coordination with security services. The weekly customs bilan also listed cocaine and psychotropic tablets, which are excluded from the cannabis total.
Algeria's National Gendarmerie seized about 11 tonnes of processed kif, 16,270 kg of cannabis herb and 4,162 cannabis plants in the first 10 months of 2026 and arrested 25,218 people. Commander Ali Seydan gave the tally at a national drugs and road-safety forum in Algiers, which also reported cocaine, pregabalin and road-crash figures.
Algeria's national police dismantled ten criminal networks trafficking treated kif from Morocco in Tlemcen, Naâma, Oran and Béchar wilayas, arresting 28 people and seizing 205 kg. Officers also took 13 tourist vehicles, two motorcycles and more than 1.3 billion centimes the DGSN called the proceeds of the trade, and brought the suspects before prosecutors in the four wilayas.
Algeria's security services seized more than 23 tonnes of cannabis, along with psychotropic tablets and cocaine, in the first six months of 2026, the National Office for the Fight against Drugs and Drug Addiction reported. Its director general gave the figures at a national conference on drugs and road safety in Algiers.