Father and son held as 50 kg of cannabis resin seized near Ghannouch
Tunisia's National Guard stopped a suspected drug-trafficking attempt near Ghannouch beach in Gabès on 11 October 2013 and detained a father and his son travelling in a car. Officers seized 50 kg of cannabis resin packed in 200 parcels, the Interior Ministry said.
🇹🇳 Near Ghannouch beach, Gabès, Gabès Governorate · Tunisia
National Guard units in Gabès stopped a drug-trafficking attempt on Friday 11
October 2013 and detained two men, a father and his son, who were in a car near
Ghannouch beach.[1]
Officers seized50 kg of cannabis resin from the car, the Interior Ministry said
in a statement made public on Saturday 12 October.[1]The 50 kg was packed in
200 parcels.[1]
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No charges, court dates or outcome were reported; the ministry statement said only that the two men were detained.
The article does not say how the National Guard came to stop the car, how far the drug had travelled or where it was going.
Only one accessible account of this event was found; a search in French and Arabic produced no second report, and an Interior Ministry post of the statement could not be opened.
The article gives no value for the 50 kg and does not name the two detained men.
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