One held as 44 kg of cannabis seized in El Mourouj 2
National Guard anti-drug units seized 440 cannabis slabs weighing 44 kg in El Mourouj 2, Ben Arous, along with cash and bladed weapons. One suspect was detained and a second was placed on a wanted list as the Tunis 2 prosecution opened trafficking and money-laundering proceedings.
The National Guard’s central anti-drug brigade in Ben Arous, backed by
specialist intervention units, carried out a large targeted security operation
against suspected traffickers.[1]The suspects had established hideouts in the
El Mourouj 2 district where they concealed and distributed large cannabis
shipments.[2]Officers arrested one suspect during the operation and placed a
second suspect on a wanted list for drug trafficking and money laundering.[3]
The operation seized 440 slabs of cannabis weighing 44 kg in total, together
with sums of money and bladed weapons, according to the National Guard
directorate-general.[1]Alchourouk headlines the same seizure as 440 slabs of
“Zatla” with cash seized and one person held.[4]
The public prosecution at the Tunis 2 Court of First Instance ordered the
detention of one suspect and a wanted notice for the second man for drug
trafficking and sale, money laundering and other offences, while opening the
required judicial proceedings.[1]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Arrested
1
Cannabis
44 kg
Agency type
Police
Cannabis
Herbal cannabis (44 kg)
Activity
Trafficking
Case stage
Under investigation
Sources
Webdowebdo.tnFRTunisie – Ben Arous : Importante saisie de 44 kg de cannabis
The incident date of 13 December 2024 is the publication date shared by all four outlets; no separate raid date was published beyond the Friday National Guard communiqué.
Webdo renders the district as Mornag 2 while three other outlets give El Mourouj 2, rendered المروج 2; this report uses El Mourouj 2.
No amount was published for the seized cash and no count was published for the bladed weapons.
No name, age or other identity was published for the detained suspect or the wanted second suspect.
No later charge, trial or court outcome was reported.
Tunisia's customs administration said customs guard units seized more than 153 kg of cannabis at border crossings and inside the country in the first nine months of 2026, alongside more than 101 kg of cocaine and 18.6 million narcotic tablets. Spokesman Colonel Chokri Jabri said customs opened more than 11,000 cases in the period involving goods worth over 190 million dinars.
Security units in Sousse Sud, Tunisia, seized 30 slabs of cannabis resin, known as zatla, on the evening of 31 October 2026 and seized a car. Radio Marina reported that a suspect was arrested and detained on the public prosecutor's authorisation, while the search for other members of the network continued.
Tunisia's National Guard seized 110 slabs of cannabis resin, known as zatla, and 338 pieces of cannabis across the country during September 2026. Its general directorate said in a video that the month's anti-drug operations also led to the detention of 1,515 people.
The interior ministry reported on 7 March 2026 that 2025 brought 181,998 judicial cases in total, 14,300 of them drug-trafficking cases, and 69,164 arrests, 20,289 for drug trafficking. It also reported seizures of cannabis, 479,830 tablets, 146.77 kg of cocaine and 751.25 g of heroin. The figures cover police and national guard, not customs.
