Madar (Algiers) - Security services at the port of Algiers foiled an attempt to bring in a large quantity of the synthetic drug ecstasy arriving from France via a sea link, according to a statement by the General Directorate of National Security (DGSN) reported on Saturday, October 31, 2026, by the official APS news agency.
Officers of the maritime border police brigade, working with customs at the port of Algiers, seized pills weighing close to one quintal (100 kg), equivalent to 210,000 pills, the statement said.
Two people, including a woman, were arrested, the same source said.
The statement, as published by APS, did not identify the suspects or give the date of the operation or the vessel involved.
