Bechar province, south west Algeria 20 hundredweights of cannabis siezed

Borders Guards patrol in Bechar province, south west Algeria, have seized as much as 20 hundredweights of cannabis. The huge narcotics quantity has been discovered on board of 2 4-wd cars, which have been seized too. The same Guards patrol has recuperated 5420 cartons of unlicensed cigarettes and 2 motorcycles.
In this context, the Borders Guards routine patrol last weekend have noticed two smugglers exchanging goods quantities close to the Moroccan borders, at a place named Oued Arid, 50km far from the place in which the narcotics quantity has been discovered, according to the National Gendarmerie regional Commander, Colonel Blidi Mohamed Salah.
The patrol elements have tracked down the smugglers, who unfortunately have managed to escape after abandoning 2-wd cars, and 2 motorcycles.Furthermore, Colonel Blidi indicated that another patrol at Oum Lasel borderline region, have recuperated 88 camels when the smugglers were intending to infiltrate them to Morocco. The racking operation the Borders Guards have launched relying on information obtained in the eve of the last week event, has enabled a patrol at Tabelbala region, to recuperate as much as 2 hundredweights of cannabis.