The Metropolitan Police put an end to a drug-dealing criminal group

During a qualitative operation, the Metropolitan Police Department was able to dismantle an organized criminal group specialized in trafficking in drugs and hallucinogenic tablets, arresting 6 people and seizing 17,000 hallucinogenic tablets of the “Ecstasy” type.

The Algiers State Security statement stated that the interests of the First District of the Judicial Police had dealt with the issue of establishing an organized criminal group active in the illicit trade in hard drugs for the purpose of sale, placing narcotic substances for sale, concealment and money laundering misdemeanors, with the seizure of 17,400 hard narcotic tablets.

The Capital Police Department added that the case was launched after the same squad received information that a group of people, including a feminist, were promoting hard drugs in the capital’s neighborhoods. Members of the Anti-Illicit Drug Trafficking Squad carried out a series of field investigations, which led to the identification of 6 suspects, including a woman in her forties. They were arrested successively, and by taking advantage of warrants to search the homes of the suspects issued by the competent public prosecutor. Regionally.

This specific operation resulted in the seizure of 17,400 solid narcotic tablets weighing 6,200 kg, in addition to the seizure of 325 million centimes of poison promotion revenue, and 4 tourist cars used to transport poisons.

The capital’s security services reported that, after completing all legally applicable legal procedures, the suspects were presented before the competent regional prosecutor according to a file of criminal procedures.