National Guard breaks Tunis drug network; sports coach among three held
The National Guard's Research and Inspection Brigade in Tunis dismantled a drug network, arresting three suspects including a group-sports coach and listing a fourth for arrest. Officers seized about 100 grams of cocaine, an unspecified amount of cannabis (zatla), roughly 100,000 dinars in cash and two cars.
🇹🇳 Tunis · Tunisia
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Arrested
3
Cannabis
100 g
Vehicles confiscated
2
Cash confiscated
TND 100,000
Agency
National Guard Research and Inspection Brigade in Tunis
The National Guard’s Research and Inspection Brigade in Tunis, working with the
second central intelligence brigade after an intelligence and field
investigation, dismantled a drug network suspected of ties to another group.[1][2][3][4][5]Officers arrested three suspected members of the network, including a
group-sports coach, and put a fourth person on a wanted list.[1][6][2][7][3][8][9][5]
The operation seized about 100 grams of cocaine, an unspecified quantity of
cannabis, known locally as zatla, about 100,000 dinars in cash and two cars
suspected of being used to move the network’s members.[1][6][2][7][3][4][8][9][5]
After being informed, the public prosecutor authorised the legal measures
required against the suspects.[1][6][2][3][4][9][5]
An informed source told the Tunis Afrique Presse agency that three people, including a sports coach, were arrested on suspicion of involvement in a drug-trafficking network linked to a group of supporters of a sports club.[6]The accounts describe the network as promoting both cocaine and cannabis and put the cash seized at 100,000 dinars.[10]La Presse de Tunisie, citing a source close to the TAP agency, reported that the three were held over a network tied to a supporters’ group of a sports club.[2]
Photos and video
Photo published with the Mosaique FM report and captioned only 'Garde nationale' (National Guard).Photo details
No date is given for the operation; 9 November 2026 is the publication date and stands in for the incident date.
No weight, plant count or value was published for the cannabis; the cocaine weight is not included in the cannabis figure.
The cannabis was described only as cannabis (zatla) without saying whether it was resin or herb.
The suspects are described by occupation only, with no names, ages or charges stated.
No court outcome or measure of restraint was reported beyond the prosecutor authorising legal measures.
Only one accessible account was found; searches in Arabic and English surfaced no second outlet or National Guard statement.
The article gives no separate date for the operation; 9 November 2026 is its publication date.
No weight or value was published for the cannabis (zatla), so no separate cannabis quantity can be added; the 100-gram figure is cocaine.
The page's only listed image uses a generic June 2025 upload filename with only the headline as caption and no credit, so it is omitted as not shown to depict this seizure.
The French Mosaique FM page gives no weight, plant count or value for the cannabis (zatla) and no date for the operation beyond its own 9 November 2026 publication date.
The French page's only image is captioned 'Garde nationale' with no credit and nothing confirming it shows this operation or seizure.
The Pressbee page is an aggregator stub with no substantive body text; it reproduces the Mosaique FM headline line only, and the fuller account was read on the linked Mosaique FM original, its reprint and La Presse de Tunisie.
The Webdo article gives no weight or value for the cannabis, only 'une quantité de cannabis', so no cannabis figure can be added.
The Nessma/TAP account calls the cannabis zmital where the earlier accounts use zatla, and gives no weight, plant count or value for it.
Realites Online names no town or governorate for the operation, so the existing place of Tunis is kept from other accounts.
The page is a distributive reprint of La Presse de Tunisie rather than independent reporting, and it gives no date for the operation beyond its 9 November 2026 publication date.
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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.
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