{"id":2072,"date":"2023-08-09T13:05:07","date_gmt":"2023-08-09T12:05:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dzwatch.net\/?p=2072"},"modified":"2026-09-04T00:36:03","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T23:36:03","slug":"drugs-and-weapons-seized-in-algeria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=2072","title":{"rendered":"Drugs and weapons seized in Algeria"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A mobile unit of the customs department in Ouargla, <a class=\"dzsl-auto-link dzsl-internal\" data-dzsl=\"internal\" href=\"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?cat=1\">Algeria<\/a>, seized 449,415 tablets of the hallucinogenic drug pregabalin, 300 mg, and an AK-47 assault rifle with a magazine containing 27 rounds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The operation was carried out in coordination with the <a class=\"dzsl-auto-link dzsl-external\" data-dzsl=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Special:Search?search=Algerian%20National%20Army\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Algerian National Army<\/a> and the National Gendarmerie. The perpetrator was arrested and transferred to the competent judicial authorities for further investigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This operation is one of the largest seizures of drugs and weapons in Algeria in recent years. It is a sign that the Algerian authorities are committed to combating <a class=\"dzsl-auto-link dzsl-internal\" data-dzsl=\"internal\" href=\"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=70753\">drug trafficking<\/a> and arms trafficking, which are major threats to security and stability in the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Algerian authorities are working to strengthen their efforts to combat drug trafficking and arms trafficking by increasing security surveillance and coordinating with other security agencies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A mobile unit of the customs department in Ouargla, Algeria, seized 449,415 tablets of the hallucinogenic drug pregabalin, 300 mg, and an AK-47 assault rifle with a magazine containing 27 rounds. The operation was carried out in coordination with the Algerian National Army and the National Gendarmerie. The perpetrator was arrested and transferred to the &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2073,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","iawp_total_views":2,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2072","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-algeria"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2072","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2072"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2072\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":70870,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2072\/revisions\/70870"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2073"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2072"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2072"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2072"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}