Cocaine trafficking: police officer sentenced to life in Annaba
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Leprovincial
An Algerian police officer has been sentenced to life imprisonment for transporting 1.26 kg of cocaine between Algiers and Annaba. Two other defendants received 20-year prison sentences in the case, reported by Leprovincial.
A police officer assigned to Bachdjerrah, in Algiers, has been sentenced to life imprisonment for cocaine trafficking between the capital and Annaba, Leprovincial reports. He was intercepted at the entrance to Annaba in March 2026 with more than a kilogram of cocaine hidden under the seat of a Renault Clio 5.
Two other defendants in the case were each sentenced to 20 years in prison. The investigation began on 10 February 2026, after the wilaya security force’s research and intervention brigade received information about the activities of a drug trafficking network.
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