Foreign traveller held at Tunis-Carthage with 3.4 kg of cannabis sweets
Tunisian customs officers at Tunis-Carthage airport found 100 packets of cannabis sweets, weighing 3.4 kg in all, in the baggage of a foreign woman passenger arriving from abroad. Customs drew up a report after consulting the prosecutor and sent the file to security services, naming no charges or court date.
Tunisia’s customs administration said its officers at Tunis-Carthage airport
foiled an attempt to smuggle 3,400 grams of cannabis hidden in sweet packets
carried by a foreign woman passenger.[1]The passenger had arrived from abroad
when customs officers checked her baggage.[2]Officers found 100 packets of
cannabis sweets weighing 3,400 grams in all, the customs statement said.[2]
After consulting the public prosecutor, customs drew up a report and sent the
file to the competent security services to continue the investigation.[1]Réalités said the woman was of foreign nationality and held the full 3,400 grams
of cannabis.[3]
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Open questions the AI reported
No report states whether the passenger was formally arrested or only held for investigation; she is counted as detained because sources describe the load as found in her possession.
The sources give no separate date for the customs check; 7 February 2022, the day the customs statement was published, is used as the incident date.
The woman's nationality, age and the flight she arrived on were not published.
No charges, court date or outcome of the investigation were reported.
No separate value for the sweets was published.
Kapitalis also carries an unrelated 3 November 2026 Jendouba arrest in its sidebar, which is not part of this event.
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.
