On the eve of Eid al-Fitr, the National Security services carried out a major operation aimed at dismantling several drug trafficking networks in different wilayas of the country. The results of these interventions are impressive, with the seizure of 184,935 psychotropic tablets, one kilo of cocaine and one kilo of treated kif, as well as the arrest of 16 individuals aged between 25 and 50 years old. The operations took place in the wilayas of Sétif, Constantine, Khenchela, Sidi Bel-Abbes, Oran, El-Oued, Biskra and Algiers, according to a press release from the General Directorate of National Security (DGSN).
Among the outstanding actions, in Oran, the counter-narcotics brigade of the judicial police intercepted a vehicle at the entrance to the port of the city, coming from Almería, in Spain. Following a thorough search, the police discovered a kilogram of cocaine, 50,000 psychotropic tablets and two kilograms of a substance used in the manufacture of ecstasy-type drugs. The driver of the vehicle was arrested.
Seizures and arrests in several wilayas
In the wilaya of Sétif, elements of the Research and Intervention Brigade (BRI) arrested five individuals and seized 52,710 psychotropic tabletsas well as a vehicle used to transport drugs.
In the wilaya of Khenchela, the judicial police intercepted a truck transporting 45,750 tablets of pregabalin type 300 mg, hidden in potato crates. Three individuals were arrested during this operation.
In addition, the police services of the wilayas of El-Oued, Biskra and Constantine seized 36,475 psychotropic tablets and arrested six people involved in the distribution of these substances.
Finally, in the wilaya of Sidi Bel-Abbes, the mobile brigade of the judicial police apprehended an individual in the act of selling a kilo of treated kif.
These operations, carried out simultaneously in different regions of the country, testify to the determination of the National Security services to fight against drug trafficking and the scourges that result from it.
