Customs: Seizure of 196 grams of treated kif – Al-Houwar Al-Jazaeryia

The customs authorities, in coordination with the security services, were able to carry out qualitative operations through which large quantities of treated kif, cigarettes and goods were seized in the framework of combating smuggling and illegal trade, according to a statement by the General Directorate of Customs today, Saturday.

The statement indicated that within the framework of the joint field coordination between the state agencies, the agents of the Customs Mobile Brigade affiliated to the Departments Inspectorate of Customs in Oran, Kharji, in the jurisdiction of the Regional Directorate of Customs in Oran, in a joint operation carried out in coordination with members of the People’s National Army, were able to seize 196 grams of The treated condition was seized after searching a tourist car with two people on board, who were arrested and referred to the competent judicial authorities.

The agents of the Main Inspectorate for the Control of Commercial Operations affiliated to the Departments Inspectorate of Customs in Mostaganem, within the jurisdiction of the Regional Directorate of Customs in Chlef, were also able, following an examination of a container at the level of the port of Mostaganem, to seize the goods.
The following are 14,980 units of candles, 8,083 units of accessories for the hookah smoking device, 2,848 pairs of shoes, 748 smart phones of various brands, 344 perfume bottles of different types, 773 hot liquid containers of different sizes, 180 hand lotion units, 53 surveillance cameras, 37 Screen of different sizes, 70 boxes of cosmetics, 13 boxes of nutritional supplements, 9 bicycles, 18 computers, 3 central units, 10 digital tablets, 4 used refrigerators, 25 kg of protein, 4 printing machines and 5 photocopiers.

Following another operation, agents of the Customs Mobile Brigade, affiliated to the Departments Inspectorate of Customs in Bir El Ater, in the jurisdiction of the Regional Directorate of Customs in Tebessa, thwarted the smuggling of 1,000 packs of foreign-origin HP cigarettes and 500 packs.
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The operations are devoted, according to the statement, to “the full mobilization of Algerian customs agents within the framework of exercising the protective duties entrusted to the agency, in order to protect the national economy and combat smuggling and illegal trade.