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Police seize 69 kg of cocaine hidden in a refrigerated truck in Tamanrasset

31 October 2026 · Algeria Now

Police seize 69 kg of cocaine hidden in a refrigerated truck in Tamanrasset

TAMANRASSET — Algerian police have dismantled a transnational drug-trafficking network and seized 69 kilograms of cocaine in the southern wilaya of Tamanrasset, the Directorate General of National Security (DGSN) said in a statement reported on Friday.

The operation was carried out by the Research and Intervention Brigade (BRI) of the Tamanrasset provincial police. According to the DGSN, investigators foiled a plan to move the cocaine from a southern wilaya to the north of the country in a refrigerated truck. The drugs had been hidden in various cavities and parts of the vehicle's structure.

Two members of the network were arrested. Police also seized about 410 million centimes, or 4.1 million dinars, in cash, along with a utility vehicle used in the trafficking. The suspects were brought before the prosecutor of the specialized criminal division in Ouargla.

The DGSN did not disclose the suspects' nationalities, the origin of the drugs or the date of the arrests.

The quantity is large for a single operation. By comparison, the Ministry of National Defence reported in its latest weekly summary, covering 21 to 27 October, that army units had seized one kilogram of cocaine across the whole country, alongside about 383 kilograms of cannabis resin intercepted near the Moroccan border and more than 150,000 psychotropic tablets.

Algerian authorities regularly describe drug trafficking as a threat to national security. Cannabis resin smuggled across the western border from Morocco accounts for the bulk of seizures, while the vast, sparsely populated south is a constant concern for security services, as smuggling networks of all kinds exploit its long and porous borders.

The case adds to a series of operations against organized crime in the southern provinces, where the army and the police also regularly target illegal gold mining, fuel smuggling and irregular migration.

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