Customs and army seize 75 kg of treated kif in Tlemcen, arrest three
Customs officers with the army seized 75 kg of treated kif and arrested three people travelling in a vehicle carrying the drug after an ambush in Tlemcen wilaya, the regional customs directorate said on 15 September 2026. The suspects were brought before the judicial authorities.
Customs officers in Tlemcen, working with the People’s National Army (ANP),
seized75 kg of treated kif and arrested three people.[1]
The regional customs directorate in Tlemcen announced the operation in a
communiqué on Tuesday 15 September 2026.[1]The operation was carried out
by the regional mobile anti-drug brigade of customs, together with the
Ghazaouet customs mobile brigade and ANP units of the 2nd Military Region,
after an ambush laid in Tlemcen wilaya.[1]
The three arrested people were travelling in a vehicle carrying the drug.[1]The suspects were detained and brought before the competent judicial
authorities.[1]
Case data
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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.
Algiers judicial police arrested four people, including a woman, in Chéraga over an alleged organised drug-trafficking network. Officers seized just over 7 kg of treated kif alongside cocaine, cash, vehicles and paraphernalia before referring the suspects to the Bir Mourad Raïs prosecutor.
Algeria's National Gendarmerie arrested 33 people, including a minor, and seized 176 kg of processed cannabis in Algiers on 4 November 2026. The defence ministry said the operation dismantled two cross-border criminal networks and also involved cocaine and psychotropic tablets.
