Two men held with 40 slabs and 4 kg of cannabis in Menzel Jemil
Bizerte's regional anti-drug brigade arrested two men with previous trafficking records in Menzel Jemil and seized 40 slabs of cannabis resin, known as zatla, said to weigh 4 kg. The public prosecutor authorised holding both for investigation before they are brought to court.
Officers of Bizerte’s regional anti-drug brigade, part of the anti-drug
sub-directorate based at El Gorjani, arrested two young men with criminal
records in the coastal town of Menzel Jemil.[1]The pair were aged between 20
and 27 and had previous records for drug trafficking, Radio Oxygène FM reported.[2]Officers seized 40 slabs of cannabis, known in Tunisia as zatla, which
Diwan FM said weighed 4 kilograms.[1]
Cigarettes were seized alongside the cannabis: more than 2,000 boxes according
to Diwan FM and 2,300 according to Radio Oxygène FM, some of them smuggled.[2]Diwan FM’s security source said the public prosecutor authorised holding both
men for investigation, including anyone else the inquiry identifies, before they
are brought before it.[1]Al-Chourouk reported that the anti-drug units acted
after surveillance and follow-up work and that the pair were later to be
referred to the public prosecutor with the seized items.[3]Al-Chourouk said
the operation was part of efforts against drug dealing around schools, aimed at
cutting off distribution.[3]Realités Online also reported that Bizerte’s
regional anti-drug brigade arrested two traffickers with previous records in
Menzel Jemil and seized 40 slabs of cannabis from them.[4]
Photos and video
Handcuffed hands held by officers, used as the header image of Diwan FM's report on the two men detained in Menzel Jemil. Photo: Radio Diwan fmPhoto details
The accounts give no separate date for the arrest; 1 October 2026, their publication date, is used as the incident date.
Because the incident date is the publication date, the report sorts to early October even though the main batch of Tunisia cases in the index dates from late October 2026.
Diwan FM and Realités say both men held the cannabis and both were held, while Oxygène FM's headline describes one man's possession before saying two people were arrested.
Diwan FM reports more than 2,000 boxes of cigarettes and Oxygène FM reports 2,300; only some are described as smuggled.
The 4 kg figure is a total for the 40 slabs, not a per-slab weight, and only Diwan FM and Al-Chourouk give a weight at all.
No charges, court date or outcome were reported beyond the prosecutor authorising continued custody.
Oxygène FM gives the men's ages as between 20 and 27 without saying which man is which.
The Diwan FM header photo shows handcuffed hands and is not established to show this seizure; the Al-Chourouk generic cannabis illustration was dropped.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in Radio Oxygène FM: Radio Oxygène FM said the two men were caught in a carefully prepared ambush after information that they were carrying drugs in the town, in a drive against dealing among young people and around schools.
National Guard officers in Mohamedia, Ben Arous, arrested two men and a woman and seized Indian hemp, cocaine, about 7,000 drug tablets and cash approaching 25,000 dinars. The Ben Arous prosecutor ordered legal procedures; no cannabis weight was published.
Officers of the Regional Anti-Narcotics Brigade in Sfax arrested a drug dealer classified as dangerous and wanted under 17 search notices after raiding a premises in El Aouabed. The operation seized 25 pieces of cannabis, a sharp instrument, three motorcycles and a sum of money, a security source told Mosaique FM.
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.
National Guard units in Kasserine dismantled a suspected drug-trafficking network and arrested three dealers, one described as dangerous and wanted in drug cases. Officers seized 35 slabs of cannabis (zatla) weighing 3.5 kg, and the prosecution ordered the dealers jailed pending further investigation.
