Two arrested with 225.4 kg of treated kif in Sidi Bel Abbes
Sidi Bel Abbes criminal police seized 225.4 kg of treated kif and arrested two people accused of holding it for sale in the city. Officers also seized 300,000 dinars described as trafficking proceeds, and the suspects were presented before the competent court after a prosecutor-supervised investigation.
Officers of the criminal brigade of the Sidi Bel Abbes wilaya police seized225.4 kilograms of treated kif, reported as kif traité, and arrested two people
allegedly involved during an operation in the week before 2 November 2026.[1][2]The same police account, also republished with attribution to the APS press
agency, gives the same seizure of 225.4 kg and two arrests in Sidi Bel-Abbes.[3]The case began after police received information that two individuals in
the city of Sidi Bel-Abbes were holding a quantity of kif traité intended for
sale.[1][2]
Police then put a security plan into place that led to the arrest of both
suspects and recovery of the reported drug quantity.[1][2]Alongside the
cannabis, officers seized 300,000 Algerian dinars which police described as
income from the trafficking.[1][2]
The investigation was conducted under the supervision of the public prosecutor
attached to the Sidi Bel-Abbes court.[1][2]Once all stages of the investigation
were completed, both suspects were presented before the territorially competent
court.[1][2]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Arrested
2
Cannabis
225.4 kg
Agency type
Police, Prosecutor
Cannabis
Herbal cannabis (225.4 kg)
Activity
Trafficking
Case stage
Under investigation
Sources
L'express DZexpressdz.dzFRSidi Bel Abbès : Saisie de plus de 200 kg de kif traité et arrestation de deux individus
Fibladifibladi.comFRSidi Bel-Abbes : saisie de plus de 200 kg de kif traité et arrestation de deux suspects
Open questions the AI reported
The operation is dated only to the week before the 2 November 2026 publication; no separate day for the arrests and seizure was published, so the publication date is used as the incident date.
The reports do not name the two suspects or specify the charges brought when they were presented to court.
The exact location within the city of Sidi Bel-Abbes where the arrests and seizure occurred was not published.
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.
