Army seizes 1,049 kg of treated kif at the Moroccan border on Eid's first day
Algerian army detachments intercepted 1,049 kg of treated kif coming from Morocco in two separate operations at Hassi Achour in Adrar and Kenadsa in Béchar on 20 March 2026, the first day of Eid al-Fitr. The defence ministry said a vehicle and two motorcycles were taken, and its communiqué announced no arrests.
🇩🇿 Hassi Achour, Adrar wilaya, and Kenadsa, Béchar wilaya, Algeria
On 20 March 2026, the first day of Eid al-Fitr, Algerian army detachments
intercepted 10 quintals and 49 kilograms of kif traité, treated cannabis, coming
from Morocco in two separate operations at Hassi Achour in Adrar wilaya and
Kenadsa in Béchar wilaya.[1]
A quintal is 100 kilograms, so the army’s figure equals 1,049 kg, the exact
weight Bladi.net also reported.[2]
The defence ministry said the operations were carried out in the localities of
Hassi Achour in Adrar and Kenadsa and targeted “smuggling barons”.[3]Alongside the drugs, the army seized a vehicle and two motorcycles it said the
traffickers had used.[1]The defence ministry’s communiqué reported no arrests
at that stage of the investigation.[3]
The ministry said the attempt during the Eid festivities showed traffickers’
intention to use festive occasions to carry out their plans.[1]The army
announced the two operations in a defence ministry communiqué the following
Sunday, 22 March.[4]The army said its forces formed an “impenetrable rampart”
against anyone threatening Algeria’s security and stability.[3]
Photos and video
The page's lead picture for the seizure, captioned only with the headline "L'Algérie annonce la saisie d'une tonne de cannabis à la frontière marocaine"; it carries no credit and is not captioned as this seizure.Photo details
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Open questions the AI reported
The ministry gives no day apart from the first day of Eid al-Fitr for either operation; 20 March 2026 is used as the incident date, and the outlets published on 22 March and Bladi.net on 24 March.
No arrests were announced and no suspects were identified; the ministry said no arrests had been made at that stage of the investigation.
The communiqué does not divide the 1,049 kg between the Hassi Achour and Kenadsa operations.
The weight is stated in quintals and kilograms; 10 quintals and 49 kg is counted as 1,049 kg.
The ministry did not publish a street value, charges, prosecutions or any court outcome.
Bladi.net calls the load cannabis and drugs while the ministry and the other outlets call it kif traité, treated cannabis; the report follows the ministry's description.
The Bladi.net picture is captioned only with the headline and is not established to show this seizure.
Algeria's army said its combined detachments, working with the security services, intercepted 38 narcotrafiquants and foiled attempts to bring 2 quintals and 88 kilograms (288 kg) of kif traité, treated cannabis, across the Moroccan borders between 4 and 10 November 2026. The same operations also yielded cocaine and psychotropic tablets, which are not counted as cannabis.
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.
Arrested 25,218Plants destroyed 4,162Cannabis 27.27 t
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.
