Police in Algiers arrested six people suspected of operating as a neighbourhood gang that spread fear among residents of several residential areas of Draria.[1][2] Draria is an administrative district of Algiers.[3] The suspects were accused of trafficking drugs and psychotropic substances and of starting brawls with prohibited bladed weapons.[1][2] The Algiers security services announced the operation in a statement on Wednesday 11 November 2026.[3][2] The operation was carried out during the preceding week by the Douéra mobile judicial police brigade, under the security services of the Draria administrative district.[1][4]

Officers seized 19.6 grams of processed cannabis, 10.05 grams of cocaine and 64 psychotropic tablets.[3][2] The seizure also included eight prohibited bladed weapons of different types and sizes.[1][4] Police also seized an electronic scale used to weigh drugs and 258,000 Algerian dinars and 50 euros suspected to be proceeds of drug sales.[1][2]

The investigation began after police received reports about the group’s suspicious activity.[1][4] Field inquiries and surveillance of the suspects’ movements led to their identification and arrest.[3][4] After the legal procedures were completed, the six suspects were presented before the public prosecutor at the Chéraga court under a criminal procedure file.[1][4]