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Algeria sentences two men to death over 144 kg of ecstasy

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The Algiers criminal court sentenced two men to death for importing and trafficking 144 kg of synthetic drugs, equivalent to 235,000 ecstasy tablets, according to the official APS news agency. Issued on 18 October under Algeria’s July 2025 law on narcotics, the sentences are the second death sentences linked to drug trafficking since the law came into force.

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