{"id":79396,"date":"2026-09-22T21:03:39","date_gmt":"2026-09-22T20:03:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=79396"},"modified":"2026-09-22T21:03:39","modified_gmt":"2026-09-22T20:03:39","slug":"dzw-01d1072b02e68dd28c16973c08dac6be1b39b093","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=79396","title":{"rendered":"Oran Airport Security Foils Gold, Euro Smuggling Attempt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Security services at Oran&#39;s Ahmed Ben Bella <a class=\"dzsl-auto-link dzsl-external\" data-dzsl=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Special:Search?search=International%20Airport\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">International Airport<\/a> successfully thwarted an attempt to smuggle a significant quantity of gold and euros. Authorities intercepted a passenger who was preparing to board a flight destined for Istanbul, Turkey, carrying 7 kilograms of gold in ingot form and 20,000 euros.<\/p>\n<p>The contraband was discovered during routine control operations conducted by air and border police at the Oran airport. This effective intervention is part of ongoing efforts to combat cross-border criminality and reinforce security controls at the nation&#39;s entry and exit points.<\/p>\n<p>The operation underscores <a class=\"dzsl-auto-link dzsl-internal\" data-dzsl=\"internal\" href=\"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?cat=1\">Algeria<\/a>&#39;s commitment to preventing the illicit transfer of precious metals and foreign currency, demonstrating the vigilance and capability of its security forces in protecting national economic interests and maintaining stringent border security against smuggling attempts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Security services at Oran&#8217;s Ahmed Ben Bella International Airport successfully intercepted a passenger attempting to smuggle 7 kg of gold and 20,000 euros to Turkey. This operation highlights the nation&#8217;s robust efforts against cross-border crime and contraband.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":79395,"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-79396","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\/79396","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=79396"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79396\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":79397,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79396\/revisions\/79397"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/79395"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=79396"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=79396"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=79396"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}