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Police Dismantle Transnational Network After 17 Kilograms of Cocaine Found in Hidden Vehicle Compartments

4 November 2026 · Algeria Now

Police Dismantle Transnational Network After 17 Kilograms of Cocaine Found in Hidden Vehicle Compartments — Photo : tamurt.info (adresse collée)

ALGIERS — Algeria's national police have dismantled a transnational drug-trafficking network and arrested four of its members after finding more than 17 kilograms of cocaine concealed inside a vehicle in the southern province of El Meniaa.

According to a statement from the General Directorate of National Security (DGSN) issued on Tuesday, officers from the Central Service for Combating Illicit Drug and Psychotropic Substance Trafficking intercepted the vehicle as the network tried to move the shipment from a southern province to the north of the country. The cocaine was hidden in cavities built into the bodywork. The central service is a specialized unit of the DGSN dealing with narcotics cases.

The operation was carried out under the supervision of the competent prosecutor and in coordination with the military operational sector of El Meniaa and the regional customs anti-smuggling brigade in Laghouat. The four suspects were brought before the prosecutor at the specialized judicial pole in Sidi M'hamed, Algiers, which deals with serious organized and transnational crime. The DGSN did not list the charges.

The seizure follows a run of similar cases in recent days. Police reported roughly 100 kilograms of ecstasy hidden in a car arriving from Marseille at the port of Algiers on 1 November, and, in late October, 69 kilograms of cocaine seized from a refrigerated truck in Tamanrasset.

El Meniaa lies in the central Sahara, along routes that connect the far south to the main road network of the north. Algerian authorities have repeatedly said that organized networks use the desert corridors, and that the security services, the army and customs work together to monitor them.

The suspects remain presumed innocent until a court rules on their cases.

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