Officer units of the El Omrane Judicial Police brigade in Tunis carried out a series of security raids the previous day covering sensitive points in the Jebel el Ahmar, Raset Tabia and Ibn Khaldoun districts as part of national security efforts against crime and drug-dealing networks.[1] The preemptive operations brought down three members who had joined a drug-dealing network, while a fourth was entered into the wanted list and later caught.[1] The field interventions allowed the seizure of large quantities of the cannabis drug (zatla), a large number of narcotics tablets, and equipment used in preparing and distributing the narcotics consisting of a cutting machine and an electronic scale, in addition to seizing various sums of money from the proceeds of this criminal activity.[1]

Investigations revealed that the narcotics in question were intended for distribution in the school environment for cash payments.[1] The four were held and a record was drawn up for the purpose of referring them to justice.[1]