A man in his fifties, identified only as A. Ali, a retired municipal guard and father of five from Khenchela, was caught in Kharrouba, Algiers, with about 44 g of processed kif plus tablets of two kinds, according to Ennahar. The report describes it as for personal use; he said he bought it in Tlemcen.
He was tried under the immediate-trial procedure at Hussein Dey court. The prosecutor requested five years of effective imprisonment with detention at the hearing. His defence asked for the charge to be reclassified from Article 17 to Article 12 of the drug law, citing mitigating circumstances and no prior convictions. The article reports no verdict.
Why it matters: Five years is the sentence the prosecutor asked for in a case the report itself describes as personal use. The final outcome was not reported.
Source: Ennahar Online, 2026-04-09 (translated from Arabic). Forgotten Prisoner's account is based on this reporting. An arrest or charge is not proof of guilt.