Algeria sentences first death row inmates Tebboune: Drugs used as weapon
The Criminal Court in Algiers has issued the first death sentences in drug trafficking cases, involving nine defendants accused of importing, storing, and smuggling 113 kilograms of cocaine and 225,030 pills of Pregabalin, as part of an organized criminal group aimed at threatening national security. These rulings come amidst a crackdown by authorities against drug networks, despite the actual suspension of the death penalty since 1993; nonetheless, the punishment remains present in the legal codes for serious crimes.
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