Police in Mascara province arrested a 29-year-old merchant who was using his grocery store as a front to sell psychotropic substances. Searches of his shop and home led to the seizure of Pregabalin capsules and cash proceeds from the illicit activity. Meanwhile, in El Eulma, police dismantled a hard drug distribution ring, arresting two suspects aged 21 and 26. The authorities caught them in the act of packaging nearly 35 grams of cocaine and ecstasy tablets within a family home. Various prohibited weapons, an electronic scale, and cash were also recovered during the operation.