{"id":47688,"date":"2026-01-17T18:01:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-17T17:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=47688"},"modified":"2026-01-17T18:01:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-17T17:01:09","slug":"constantine-18-arrested-in-neighborhood-gang-crackdown-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=47688","title":{"rendered":"Constantine: 18 Arrested in Neighborhood Gang Crackdown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Constantine, Algeria<\/strong> \u2013 Police in El Khroub, Constantine, have dismantled a neighborhood gang comprising 18 individuals, following a violent public disturbance. The operation, concluded recently, aims to restore public safety and order within the community.<\/p>\n<p>According to a statement released by the Constantine Police Department, officers responded to reports of a large brawl between two groups in El Khroub. The altercation reportedly involved the use of bladed weapons and trained dogs, causing significant alarm among residents.<\/p>\n<p>Upon arrival at the scene, law enforcement apprehended 18 individuals allegedly involved in the clash. A significant number of those arrested have prior criminal records. Authorities confiscated seven bladed weapons, including large knives and daggers, along with six trained dogs used for intimidation and aggression.<\/p>\n<p><em>The investigation revealed the gang&#8217;s alleged involvement in organized criminal activities, including creating and managing a neighborhood gang, recruiting individuals to intimidate and terrorize citizens, endangering public safety, damaging property, and assaulting people with weapons and trained animals. The suspects also allegedly used a vehicle to facilitate their movements and escape.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Following the investigation, the suspects were presented before the Public Prosecutor at the El Khroub Court. They face charges related to establishing and organizing a neighborhood gang, recruiting individuals to incite terror and fear among citizens, endangering lives and security, damaging property, assault with bladed weapons and trained dogs, and using a vehicle to facilitate criminal activities and escape.<\/p>\n<p>This decisive action by the Constantine police underscores their commitment to combating organized crime and ensuring the safety and security of all residents.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?cat=1\">More Algeria articles on DZWatch<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\">DZWatch &#8211; Your News Portal<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Constantine, Algeria \u2013 Police in El Khroub, Constantine, have dismantled a neighborhood gang comprising 18 individuals, following a violent public disturbance. The operation, concluded recently, aims to restore public safety and order within the community.<\/p>\n<p>According to a &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":47689,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","iawp_total_views":3,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47688","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\/47688","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=47688"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47688\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47690,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47688\/revisions\/47690"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/47689"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=47688"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=47688"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=47688"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}