Tunis’s Research and Inspection Brigade, working with the National Guard’s intelligence and research directorate, dismantled a cross-border international network active in drug trafficking and detained three of its key members, according to a security source speaking to the Tunis Afrique Presse agency.[1][2] The operation followed precise intelligence work and field surveillance, and it led to the arrest of three people.[1][2] Two of those arrested are Tunisians with criminal records who were wanted, while the third is a foreigner who brought cannabis in by swallowing it.[1][2] The foreign suspect allegedly introduced the cannabis by ingesting capsules.[2] A second account likewise describes two wanted Tunisians with criminal records and a foreigner who concealed the drug inside his body.[3]
Officers seized a significant quantity of cannabis alongside a sum of cash described as proceeds of dealing.[1][2] TunisNow, citing Mosaique’s security source, likewise reports a significant cannabis seizure alongside money suspected to be dealing proceeds.[4] The public prosecution ordered all those involved held in custody, while the brigade kept the file to complete inquiries and legal procedures.[1][2]
