4 held in La Marsa as police find cannabis and cocaine in rented flat
National security police arrested a suspected dealer in La Marsa on 7 January 2025 after finding cannabis and cocaine in the flat he rented, and detained three people waiting outside for drugs. The public prosecutor ordered all four held while the investigation continued.
Tunisia’s Directorate General of National Security, the DGSN national police
directorate, announced on Tuesday 7 January 2025 that a drug trafficker had been
arrested in the act in La Marsa, a northern suburb of Tunis.[1]The
directorate said its La Marsa criminal investigation squad, with the east and
west La Marsa police posts, acted after information that a man was selling drugs
from an apartment he had rented in the area.[2]Officers moved in after
coordinating with the public prosecution and arrested the suspect at the
address.[2]
Three other people waiting outside his home to buy drugs from him were arrested
at the same time, bringing the number held to four.[3]A search of the home
found four plastic wrappers of cocaine, pieces of cannabis of varying size, an
electronic scale, narcotic tablets, 1,500 dinars in cash and a box containing a
drug liquid.[2]
Tunisia’s public prosecutor ordered all four people held in detention.[1]No
charges had been brought against any of the four people.[1]The specialized
security squad was still investigating the case.[2]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
No weight was published for the cannabis or the cocaine, so no cannabis quantity can be recorded and the mixed seizure cannot be split.
The cocaine, tablets and drug liquid are mentioned only to explain the same search and are excluded from cannabis figures; the 1,500 dinars are not shown to be cannabis proceeds.
No names, ages or nationalities were published for the dealer or the three people arrested outside.
No charges beyond detention and no court outcome were reported; the investigation was continuing.
The statements give no separate date for the search; 7 January 2025 is the day of the announcement and is used here as the incident date.
All three accounts reproduce the same DGSN statement rather than independent reporting, and the Réalités headline places the case in Carthage while its text, like the others, describes La Marsa.
The image used by Kapitalis carries a 2024 file address and shows a generic police arrest; it is not established to depict this arrest.
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National Guard officers in Medenine dismantled an international drug-trafficking network and arrested five people, including three network members and two wanted persons. Officers seized 250 grams of raw cocaine plus unspecified quantities of cannabis and narcotic pills, and referred all detainees to the judiciary.
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