Traveller arrested with 6.5 kg of cannabis at La Goulette
Tunisian customs arrested a traveller arriving from Marseille and seized 63 slabs of cannabis weighing 6.5 kg at the port of La Goulette. The drugs were hidden in three appliances in his vehicle, and prosecutors ordered the case referred for further investigation.
Customs officers at La Goulette, in Tunis’s northern suburbs, intercepted a
Tunisian traveller arriving from Marseille.[1]The traveller was arrested with
cannabis in his possession.[1]The drugs were found among the passenger’s
personal effects in a vehicle with foreign registration.[2]
Customs officers became suspicious of his belongings and sent them through an
X-ray scanner.[2]The scan revealed foreign objects inside a television, a
fryer and a small kitchen appliance.[2]After opening the appliances, officers
found 63 slabs of cannabis.[2]The three appliances had been placed at the
rear of the vehicle.[1]The seized 63 slabs weighed a total of 6.5 kg.[1]
Customs described the seizure as a foiled drug-trafficking attempt at the port.[2]Customs announced the interception on Tuesday, 1 November 2022.[1]After
a formal report was drawn up, the prosecutor ordered the case file transferred
to the competent security services for further investigation.[2]
Photos and video
Wrapped cannabis slabs displayed beside household appliances and a Tunisian customs sign. No photo credit was supplied.Photo details
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Arrested
1
Cannabis
6.5 kg
Agency type
Customs, Prosecutor
Cannabis
Herbal cannabis (6.5 kg)
Activity
Trafficking
Case stage
Under investigation
Sources
Kapitaliskapitalis.comFRTunisie : Un voyageur en provenance de Marseille arrêté en possession de 6,5 kg de cannabis
Gnetnewsnews.gnet.tnFRTunisie : Saisie de 63 plaquettes de cannabis chez un ressortissant tunisien en provenance de Marseille (Douane)
Open questions the AI reported
A separate date for the interception is not given; 1 November 2022 is the date of the customs announcement and is used as the incident date.
Kapitalis’s headline calls the traveller arrested, while the bodies of both accounts describe an interception and do not report a formal custody order.
Neither account reports a later charging decision, court outcome or sentence.
Both opened accounts attribute the seizure details to customs; no direct customs communique was opened.
Gnetnews also displays an uncaptioned image that is not established as depicting this seizure and is not listed as media.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in Gnetnews: The seizure formed part of customs’ work against drug trafficking.
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.
