Oujda: 30 kg of hashish and five drones seized, one held
Royal Gendarmerie units in Oujda foiled a bid to fly about 30 kg of hashish into Algeria by drone on 16 April 2026, seizing five drones and arresting one trafficker. The suspect was sent to the Oujda prosecutor as an investigating judge opened a case focused on Bni Drar and Bni Khaled.
Royal Gendarmerie units under the Oujda regional command foiled an attempt to
traffic hashish toward Algeria on Thursday 16 April.[1]Officers arrested a
drug trafficker during the operation.[1]The arrested man was presented to the
Oujda prosecutor on Friday.[1]The investigating judge in charge of the case
opened an inquiry.[1]
Officers seized about 30 kilograms of chira that had been prepared for transfer
across the Morocco-Algeria border by cross-border drones.[1]They also seized
five cross-border drones with their batteries, accessories and control systems
from the trafficker’s home.[1]
That week the gendarmerie ran stepped-up security operations in the municipality
of Bni Drar and the commune of Bni Khaled against the networks’ new trafficking
strategies.[1]Gendarmerie sources describe the two localities as recent
informal logistics bases from which hashish is flown by drone toward Algeria,
where accomplices intercept the loads.[1]The same accounts blame the area’s
size, difficult mountainous terrain and a lack of economic alternatives for
residents for hampering the fight against the trafficking.[1]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Arrested
1
Cannabis
30 kg
Agency type
Gendarmerie, Prosecutor
Cannabis
Hashish
Activity
Trafficking
Setting
Home
Case stage
Under investigation
Route
Morocco → Algeria
Sources
Le360fr.le360.maFROujda: mise en échec d’une tentative de trafic de haschich et saisie de cinq drones
Open questions the AI reported
Only one accessible account of this event was found, a Le360 press review of Al Ahdath Al Maghribia reporting, after searches in French and Arabic found no agency statement or second outlet account.
The suspect's name and any formal charges were not published, and reporting ends with the investigating judge opening an inquiry, so no court outcome is recorded.
The referral is dated only as last Friday after the Thursday operation, with no calendar date stated.
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