Six held in Tunis over 200 kg of cannabis as judge extends detention four months
An investigating judge at the Tunis Court of First Instance extended by four months the pre-trial detention of six people accused of forming an international drug-trafficking network. Raids by the El Gorjani anti-drug unit seized more than 2,000 slabs of cannabis weighing over 200 kg, plus more than 400,000 narcotic tablets, cash and luxury vehicles.
🇹🇳 Tunis · Tunisia
The head of the investigating judges at the Tunis Court of First Instance
notified six defendants accused of forming an international drug-trafficking
network that their pre-trial detention would be extended by four more months.[1]
The defendants include a young woman, a public employee and a company agent.[1]The Public Prosecution at the Tunis Court of First Instance had ordered the
anti-drug sub-directorate at El Gorjani to hold the six.[1]The case began
from information that the six had joined one of the most dangerous international
networks trafficking drugs smuggled from a European country into Tunisia.[1]
A series of raids by the same anti-drug unit seized more than 2,000 slabs of
cannabis weighing more than 200 kilograms.[1]The raids also seized more than
400,000 narcotic tablets of different kinds.[1]Officers also seized a very
large sum of money and luxury, expensive cars and motorcycles.[1]
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The article gives no date for the raids, the detentions or the judge's order; 12 November 2026 is its publication date and is used as the incident date.
The 200 kg is a minimum ("more than"), as are the 2,000 slabs and the 400,000 tablets, which are of mixed kinds and excluded from cannabis figures.
The article does not say whether the slabs are pressed cannabis resin or herbal cannabis, and gives no separate weight per product.
The European country the drugs were smuggled from is not named.
No value was published for the cash, the cars or the motorcycles, and their numbers are not given.
The six are described by occupation only; no names, ages, charges beyond forming an international network, or trial date were published.
The four-month extension is a pre-trial detention measure, so the case has not reached trial or verdict.
Only one accessible source was found for this case.
The case's link, if any, to the separate El Gorjani cocaine network reported on 4 and 6 November 2026 is not stated by the source.
Left out arrested, as no supporting quotation was given.
Left out charged, as no supporting quotation was given.
Left out kg seized, as no supporting quotation was given.
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