There are only a few years, traffickers took flight and went so far as to abandon their goods to avoid being caught by border guards of Algeria, today, they do not hesitate to open fire approaching a police patrol border guards (GGF). Thus, each vehicle processions of smugglers is equipped with its own batch of fuel and especially arms, sometimes severe, to counteract the actions of border guards in case of a chase. Moreover, during 2009, 15 such skirmishes took place, killing two policemen. During these operations, it was recovered 42 vehicles, 4 FM / PK, 7PM/AK, 16 Thuraya phones and GPS 3. Although the GGF have multiplied the security cordon in the south of Algeria and implemented sophisticated ways to adapt to this new form of crime, the threat looms more and more. Before drug dealers who know the terrain and prefer a clash with armed arrest or loss of the goods, it must be said that the mission is difficult, even perilous..

Of the 64 tons of hashish seized in Algeria Treaty in 2009 by elements of the Gendarmerie Nationale, 47 were recovered Algerian border, or 73% of all seizures. This shows how drug trafficking is ubiquitous in the border regions. Drug trafficking is indeed rising. While in 2008, the police have recovered 30 tons of hashish treated during the last five months of 2009, they were able to hand over 40 tons, to arrive at the end of the year, a total seizure of 64 tons. Moreover, and this is comforting to the eyes of Colonel Zeghida Djamel, Algeria is far from a real consumer of drugs, because only 115 kg of the total quantity seized was destined for consumption. The bulk of the amount seized, namely 52 tons, was intended to transit the Algerian border, to supply Europe and the Middle East.

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