Tunisia's customs administration said officers found 60 slabs of cannabis weighing 6 kg, plus cocaine capsules, in a truck that arrived at the port of La Goulette from Marseille and was driven by a Tunisian living abroad, on 21 July 2022. The same customs statement separately described a 4 kg cannabis seizure by its Sidi Bouzid guard brigades.
🇹🇳 Port of La Goulette, Tunis · Tunisia
Tunisia’s customs administration announced on Thursday 21 July 2022 that it had seized 60 slabs of cannabis weighing 6 kg, along with 11 capsules of cocaine weighing 100 grams.[1] Customs said the drugs were found at the port of La Goulette aboard a truck that had come from the port of Marseille, driven by a Tunisian living abroad.[1]
The customs service said the drugs were discovered during a check carried out by the units responsible for inspecting travellers.[1]
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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 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.