Nine held as Bab Souika police raid cocaine and zatla dealers
Judicial police in Bab Souika, Tunis, arrested two alleged drug dealers and detained seven of their customers in simultaneous evening raids across Bab Khedra and Halfaouine. Officers seized cocaine and cannabis (zatla) prepared for sale, two electronic scales, suspected proceeds and a delivery car used to distribute drugs arranged over social media.
🇹🇳 Bab Khedra and Halfaouine, Bab Souika, Tunis · Tunisia
The Bab Souika judicial police brigade broke up a drug-dealing network operating
between the Bab Khedra and Halfaouine areas of Tunis.[1]The operation
followed detailed investigations and continuous field surveillance of the
movements of several suspected individuals.[1]In simultaneous
Saturday-evening raids on several monitored points, officers arrested two drug
dealers and detained seven of their customers who were in the process of buying
drugs.[1]
The operation seized significant quantities of cocaine and cannabis, known
locally as zatla, that had been prepared for sale.[1]Officers also seized two
electronic scales used to weigh and divide the drugs.[1]Officers seized
significant sums of money suspected to be proceeds of the dealing.[1]Officers
seized a delivery car that was being used to distribute drugs to customers
contacted through social media.[1]
After consulting the public prosecutor at the Court of First Instance, all those
detained were held pending investigation while inquiries continue to uncover the
rest of the network and its possible extensions.[1]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Arrested
9
Vehicles confiscated
1
Agency
National Police (judicial police brigade, Bab Souika)
No weight was published for the cocaine or the cannabis, and the two drugs were reported only as significant combined quantities, so no cannabis weight is recorded.
No amount was published for the seized money and no street value was estimated.
Only one accessible account of this operation was found; searches in Arabic surfaced the same Mosaique FM report and a different 27 September Bab Souika operation, so the account is single-sourced.
The nine detainees were not named and no ages were given; no charges beyond holding pending investigation and no court outcome were reported.
The article says the raids happened on Saturday evening, the night before its Sunday 8 November 2026 publication, so 7 November 2026 is used as the incident date.
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