Two Moroccans get 15 years in Oran over 195 kg of kif
Oran's appeal criminal court sentenced two Moroccan nationals to 15 years each in a six-person drug-trafficking network case dismantled in Naâma. Officers seized 13 kg of treated kif in one border operation and 182 kg moved on pack animals in another, with sentences in the case ranging from 10 to 20 years.
The criminal court of appeal in Oran recently sentenced two Moroccan nationals
to 15 years in prison each for involvement in a drug-trafficking network
dismantled in Naâma wilaya, a province.[1]The case involved six accused and
covered importation, possession, transport and sale of drugs, membership in a
criminal organisation and unauthorised carrying of weapons.[1]The six
defendants received prison terms ranging from 10 to 20 years, with the two
Moroccan nationals each receiving 15 years.[1]At the hearing the accused
admitted the acts, citing their social conditions and asking for leniency, while
the public prosecutor had requested life imprisonment.[2]
According to the referral order, the investigation started from information
about a drug shipment through a border crossing in the commune of Mekmen Ben
Amar in Naâma.[1]Two suspects were then caught with 13 kg of treated kif, the
local term for processed cannabis, while a third accomplice fled.[1]Investigators then arrested two other alleged members accused of collecting the
drugs and distributing them to traffickers.[1]In a second night operation
near the border, officers caught the two Moroccan nationals moving 1 quintal and
82 kg — 182 kg — of treated kif on pack animals.[1]The two men were carrying
two hunting rifles when caught.[1]
The two Moroccan nationals told interrogators they worked under a compatriot
nicknamed Cheikh for 40 to 50 million centimes per load.[1]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
The article gives no separate date for the appeal verdict, so 2 November 2026 is its publication date used as the incident date, while the corroborating Echorouk report was published on 31 October 2026.
The French account places the first border interception in Mekmen Ben Amar commune while the Arabic account names Jenin Bourzeg commune in Naâma, so the report uses Mekmen Ben Amar from the submitted source.
The reports describe two men caught with 13 kg, two more members arrested later and two Moroccans caught with 182 kg, plus a third accomplice who fled, leaving unclear how the six accused map to those seven people named.
The 195 kg total is the sum of the reported 13 kg and 1 quintal and 82 kg, with one quintal taken as 100 kg.
Algiers police arrested six people suspected of running a neighbourhood gang that intimidated residents of Draria, seizing 19.6 grams of processed cannabis alongside cocaine, psychotropic tablets, bladed weapons and suspected drug proceeds. The six were presented before the public prosecutor at the Chéraga court.
Béjaïa police arrested nine people in a drug-trafficking investigation that began in Oued Ghir and continued with searches in Barbacha and Saket. Officers seized a piece of Indian hemp alongside pregabalin and ecstasy tablets; seven were remanded and two placed under judicial supervision.
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.
The High Security Council, chaired by President Abdelmadjid Tebboune, decided on 2 September 2026 to create a specialised drug enforcement body modelled on the US Drug Enforcement Administration and to turn an army barracks at Tanezrouft in the Sahara into a high-security prison for drug traffickers. The presidency announced no legal text or start date.
