Tunisia's customs reported 153 kg of cannabis seized in nine months
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.
Tunisia’s customs administration reported seizing more than 153 kg of cannabis
(al-qinnab al-hindi) at border crossings and by customs guard units during the
first nine months of 2026.[1][2]Customs opened more than 11,000 customs cases in
the period, covering goods whose total value exceeded 190 million dinars.[1][3]The seized goods included gold, electronics, food, dried fruit and medicines
alongside the drugs.[1][2]
The same nine-month period produced seizures of more than 101 kg of cocaine.[1]It also produced more than 18,638,000 narcotic tablets, listed separately
from the cannabis.[1]Customs spokesman Colonel Chokri Jabri gave the figures
to Mosaique FM on Thursday 4 November 2026, at a ceremony granting the
authorised economic operator status to 10 companies, which brought the total
number of certified Tunisian companies to 231.[1]
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No individual seizure, date, border crossing or suspect is identified, so the report covers only the nine-month total announced on 4 November 2026; 31 October 2026 is used as the end of the reported period.
No number of people arrested or cases charged against individuals was published; the 11,000 customs cases are administrative and judicial case files, not a count of people.
The 190 million dinar figure is the combined value of all goods behind the 11,000 customs cases, not of the drugs, and no separate cannabis or drug value was given.
The report does not say whether the 153 kg of qinnab hindi is resin (zatla), herbal cannabis or both.
Only one accessible source for this tally was found after searching in Arabic, French and English.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in Mosaique FM: Customs guard (al-haras al-diwan) officers carried out the stops and seizures as part of the fight against smuggling during the first nine months of the year.
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.
Tunisia's National Guard destroyed 538 kg of seized cannabis on Wednesday 18 February 2026, burning it at a cement plant under public prosecutor supervision. The cannabis came from a two-month intelligence operation that led to several arrests, with other suspects still said to be abroad.
