83 kg of cannabis seized in El-Mourouj, one dealer held
Police in El-Mourouj, Ben Arous, ambushed a van arriving from Kasserine and seized 832 slabs of cannabis weighing 83 kg. The driver was placed in pre-trial detention on the Ben Arous prosecutor's order for resale in Greater Tunis.
The inquiry began after information that a person coming from Kasserine was
transporting drugs in a fruit-and-vegetable van.[1]Police ambushed the
suspect in El-Mourouj and arrested him in his vehicle.[1]A search of the
vehicle uncovered 832 slabs of cannabis weighing 83 kg.[1]The drugs were
packed in three bags found during the vehicle search.[2]The Ben Arous court
prosecutor ordered the suspect held in pre-trial detention and sent the case to
the El-Gorjani judicial-police narcotics brigade for questioning and further
investigation.[2]
The shipment was headed for the Bir el-Kassaa area of El-Mourouj.[2]The
dealer was preparing to resell the drugs in Greater Tunis.[1]Kapitalis
reported the ministry’s estimated value as nearly 3 million Tunisian dinars.[1]
Tunisia’s Interior Ministry announced the seizure on Tuesday 6 February 2024.[3]Tunisian outlets call the cannabis zatla, a local term for cannabis.[2]
Case data
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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 defence minister said the armed forces seized 516 kg of cannabis between September 2025 and September 2026 during border-security and anti-smuggling operations. The same annual tally listed 1.4 million narcotic tablets separately from the cannabis.
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.
