Tightening control over drug and hallucinogen networks under the new law:
The judiciary continues to issue heavy deterrent sentences, as the death sentence was issued for the second time since the implementation of death sentences, in a step that brings the issue of strict penalties in the face of serious crimes back to the forefront, and highlights efforts to confront criminal networks that threaten the security and safety of society.
These two death sentences send a clear message to members of drug smuggling and trafficking networks, and any parties connected to them, regarding the Algerian authorities’ strict approach towards implementing an extremely strict policy in combating drugs in Algeria, and ending the activity of smuggling and trafficking networks, after the issue has become a worrying impact on order, public security, and civil and societal peace in the country.
In this context, the Criminal Court of First Instance of Casablanca in the capital imposed the death penalty against two defendants (02), namely “N.R” and “A.H.”, while the sentences issued against the rest of the defendants ranged between 10 years of effective imprisonment and acquittal, for the incidents of illegally importing and trading in synthetic drugs estimated at 144 kilograms of ecstasy, meaning more than a quarter of a million hallucinogenic tablets of these toxins.
These rulings came after the prosecution’s petitions demanded that the same punishment be imposed, i.e., the death penalty against all members of the network. The matter concerns “A.H.”, “N.R.,” “A.M.H.A,” and “B.A.”, along with “Q.J.” and “T.M.L.” His nickname is “Mario”, as well as “R.H” and “F.Y”.
The defendants being pursued in the case file appeared before the Criminal Court of First Instance of Casablanca on heavy charges, which were the felony of illegally importing, transporting, shipping, storing, and possessing, with the intention of selling psychotropic substances and synthetic drugs within the framework of an organized criminal group across the country, for the purpose of harming national security and disrupting public order and national security, the misdemeanor of money laundering within the framework of an organized criminal group, and the felony of dangerous smuggling, violating security and public health. In accordance with the acts stipulated and punishable by Articles 389 bis and 389 bis 2 of the Penal Code and Articles 17 F 03, 19, 21 bis and 21 bis 2 of the Law on the Prevention of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances and Article 15 of the Anti-Smuggling Law.
Thus, the police “commandos” dropped the plan to flood the capital with “candy.”“
“Mario”… “fourth generation golf”… a motorcycle in Oued Dikar, Badali Ibrahim.. and “Superat”, and the “Lilas” residence in Sharaga, and “Jinan Achabou” and “Superat”, Dar Al Diaf… and Baba Ali’s zigzag… This is the plan and path of the members of the criminal network that tried to flood the capital with synthetic drugs of the type “ecstasy” or what is colloquially known as “candy” and cocaine… with premeditation and premeditation, but No way, the police commandos were on the lookout and thwarted the plan par excellence, and the rulings of justice come to break the power of these criminals and make them face their fate between execution by gunfire or slow death inside the walls of a prison cell.. Follow the details..
The facts of the case date back to August 19, 2025, when the judicial police officers of the Anti-Illicit Drug Trafficking Squad in the First Judicial Police District of Central Algiers received confirmed information that one of the suspects had transported and distributed a quantity of hard drugs and psychotropic substances on board a “Renault Clio” vehicle in one of the neighborhoods of the Algiers Province.
In the details contained in the file of a criminal nature, on August 11, 2025, around two o’clock in the afternoon, at the level of Jnan Achabou Street in the territory of the municipality of Cheraga in the state of Algeria, a delivery and receipt of a quantity of hard drugs was witnessed between a person who was on board a white “Renault Clio” vehicle with another person who was on board a black “Seat Ateca” vehicle bearing the foreign license plate.
Accordingly, and intensifying preliminary investigations, the owner of the white Renault Clio vehicle was identified, and the suspect, A.H., was also stopped. A Seat Ateca vehicle was also stopped at around 2:30 p.m. near the “Dekar” forest in the municipality of Dali Ibrahim in the province of Algiers, led by the suspect, “N.R.” He was found in possession of an iPhone 13 Pro Max mobile phone, and a sum of money. In the national currency, an amount of 79,000 DZD. A quantity of hard ecstasy drugs was also seized, estimated at a total of 4,965 tablets weighing 3.3 kg, which were hidden behind the driver’s seat of the vehicle.
On the same day, around 4:00 PM, the suspect “A.H” was arrested on board a Renault Clio vehicle inside the garage of the “Les Lilas” residence in the city of Sharaga. He was found in possession of a Samsung mobile phone equipped with an Ooredoo SIM card, in addition to a sum of money in the national currency estimated at 11,500 DZD. Upon searching his family residence, the following was seized: 48 bags of hard ecstasy, weighing approximately 11,500 DZD in the national currency. At 140.6 kilograms, the total number was estimated at 231,510 tablets, a quantity of hard drugs of the type of cocaine whose weight was estimated at 430 grams, an amount of money in the national currency amounting to 13 million and 66 thousand Algerian dinars, a medium-sized electronic scale.
Initial investigations led to the identification of the remaining suspects in connection with the facts of the case. The matter concerns those called “A.M.M.,” “B.A.,” “Q.J.,” and “T.M.L,” nicknamed Mario, “R.H,” and “F.Y.”
“Mario” and “ecstasy”… Baba Ali’s zigzag and hard drugs
In order to intensify investigations and listen to the suspects, N.A. confirmed that He was actually arrested on board a black Seat Ateca vehicle, where a quantity of hard ecstasy drugs was seized, the total number of which was estimated at 4,965 pills weighing 3.3 kg, which were hidden behind the driver’s seat of the vehicle. And about the source of the hard ecstasy drugs that were seized in his vehicle, he explained that on August 11, 2025, around noon, he received a phone call via his WhatsApp application from a person named “Mario” is about 35 years old, white-skinned, and has a small scar at the level of his forehead from the foreign number 33745956700 written on his mobile phone’s memory under the name “Maryo jdid,” asking him to go to one of the “Superat” shops located near the Dar Al-Diyaf Hotel in the city of Sharaga, in order to receive a plastic bag filled with a quantity of hard drugs of the type Ecstasy, and to hand over the plastic bag back to a person whose identity is unknown. This is the method. Dealer with it.
The accused added that upon his arrival at the specified location, the owner of a white, fourth-generation Renault Clio vehicle approached him and handed him a plastic bag containing a quantity of hard drugs of the “Ecstasy” type. He then left the place towards the city of Baba Ali in the state of Algeria to deliver the quantity of drugs to the requester in exchange for a financial sum of 80,000 DZD which he received immediately from the recipient, indicating that he had received the quantity of drugs of the Ecstasy type from the so-called “A.H.” For the third time, without contacting him or knowing his identity, each time he transported the quantity of solid drugs to the city of Baba Ali in the state of Algeria, he delivered it to a person who owned a blue, fourth-generation “Golf” vehicle, and again to a person who was on a white Sem motorcycle, in exchange for sums of money amounting to 28,000 DZD and 50,000 DZD.
Regarding his acquaintance with the nickname “Mario”, the accused “N.R” stated that he knew the latter about 6 months ago, where he met him through a mutual friend between them called Hicham, who comes from the state of Biskra. The owner of the WhatsApp application currently resides in France. He met him in Germany, where he was residing illegally, and where he offered to work with him in the field of promoting hard drugs of the type Ecstasy.
““Jnan Achabo” and “Superat” Dar Al-Diaf and sweets and cocaine deals..!
On the other hand, the accused “A.H” admitted that he actually possessed and stored the quantity of drugs seized during the search of his family residence, which consisted of: 48 bags of hard drugs of the type “Ecstasy” whose weight was estimated at 140.6 kilograms, their total number was estimated at 231,510 tablets, a quantity of hard drugs of the type of cocaine whose weight was estimated at 430 grams, which belonged to a person named Murad who comes from the areas of Bab El Oued in the state of Algeria, adding He was in contact with him through the WhatsApp application, which directed him to the location and time of delivering the quantities of drugs and the type of vehicle that would be waiting for him.
The accused continued that about two weeks before his arrest, he received a phone call from the so-called Murad, who asked him to approach one of the shops called “Superat Dziri” located on Jnan Achabou Street in the city of Sharaga. Indeed, when he moved to the specified place, he found a person waiting for him whose identity he did not know. He was on board a white, sixth-generation “Golf” type vehicle. He handed him 4 large bags containing a quantity of hard ecstasy-type drugs, for him to store them in turn. In one of the apartments rented by him at the “LES LILAS” residence, Dar Al-Diyaf, in the city of Sharaga, he added that about 10 days ago, at the request of the person called Murad, he handed over to one of the people who was riding a small motorcycle a plastic bag packed with a quantity of hard drugs of the type “Ecstasy,” containing 5,000 tablets. He also received from him a quantity of hard drugs of the type cocaine, which was seized in his apartment, in addition to a sum of money amounting to one billion centimes.
Regarding the facts of the current case, the accused Attaf added that, at the request of the so-called Murad, he moved not far from the commercial store called Subirat Dziri with the intention of delivering a plastic bag filled with a quantity of hard drugs of the Ecstasy type to the benefit of a person whose identity was unknown, and as soon as he arrived at the specified place, he received a phone call from the so-called “N.R.” He was on board a “Seat Ateca” vehicle from where he received the plastic bag, which is the third time that the so-called “N.R” has come forward. To receive the amount of drugs from him
This is how judicial precedents planned the poison deal from Qalaia prison
The accused is Adala “M.A.” During his interrogation, he did not deny his friendship with the person called “Mario,” called “T.M.A.” He met him in 2018 when he was with him in the penal institution in Qalaia, and upon his release from it in 2021, the person called Mario reconnected with him through his Messenger application, asking him to search for his benefit for a “Renault” engine for one of the vehicles, adding that he did not know his full identity. He also confirmed that he was communicating with him on the phone number. The foreigner.
Regarding the source of the quantity of hard cocaine drugs seized in his family residence, weighing 26 grams, in addition to three capsules of the same drug, weighing 2.5 grams, the accused confirmed that he had previously received them from a person residing in France named Omar, without further clarifications.
As for the accused “B.A.,” he stated that he is accustomed to moving to the state of Oran because he is in a relationship with the so-called Amin, the manager of a fish restaurant located in the city center, with the intention of spending the summer vacation with his family since the year 2012. He is also accustomed to visiting and receiving him with his family at his residence.
He admitted that he is actually in a relationship with the so-called Amin, who comes from the neighborhood of Jisr Constantine in the state of Algeria, but since 2017 he has not communicated with him, as he is in France, and he does not have his phone number and does not currently have any relationship with him. Regarding the nickname Mario, the accused confirmed that he comes from the neighborhood of Jisr Constantine in the state of Algeria, and is currently in France, where he traveled to illegally, and that he communicates with him via his WhatsApp application. With a phone number that he did not remember, he told him that he was working in the profession of delivering orders on a motorcycle.
On the other hand, the accused “Q.J” did not deny his relationship with the so-called “T.M.L” as he considered his sister’s son his “uncle”, denying that he possessed his mobile phone number or communicated with him because his relationship with him was bad, adding that he was actually aware of the activity of the so-called “T.M.L” in the field of drug promotion.
