{"id":63145,"date":"2026-06-06T01:04:54","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T00:04:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=63145"},"modified":"2026-06-06T01:04:54","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T00:04:54","slug":"algeria-bechar-pregabalin-bust-85000-capsules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=63145","title":{"rendered":"Algerian Authorities Seize Over 85,000 Pregabalin Capsules in Bechar Bust"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Algerian law enforcement in the Wilaya of Bechar has successfully thwarted an attempt to smuggle and distribute a significant quantity of psychotropic substances. The operation led to the seizure of more than 85,000 capsules of Pregabalin and the arrest of a suspect.<\/p>\n<h2>Pregabalin smuggling bust Algeria<\/h2>\n<p>According to a statement from the relevant security services, the operation was initiated following intelligence indicating a plan to transport a large shipment of Pregabalin, destined for the northern provinces of the country via a heavy goods vehicle. The Search and Intervention Brigade (BRI) intercepted the suspicious truck on the southern exit of Abadla town in Bechar province.<\/p>\n<p>Upon inspection, authorities discovered a substantial cache of 85,500 Pregabalin capsules expertly concealed within the truck&#39;s spare tires. The suspect has been presented before the public prosecutor at the Abadla court.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related topics:<\/strong> Pregabalin seizure, Algeria drug bust, Bechar police, psychotropic substances, drug trafficking, Algeria<\/p>\n<p><em>DZWatch provides English-language coverage of Algeria-focused developments for international readers.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Algerian police in Bechar intercepted a truck carrying over 85,000 Pregabalin capsules, hidden in spare tires, thwarting a major drug smuggling operation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":63144,"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":1,"footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-63145","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63145","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=63145"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63145\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/63144"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=63145"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=63145"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=63145"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}