Tunisia's National Guard reported 110 cannabis slabs and 1,515 arrests in September
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.
National Guard units seized 110 slabs of cannabis resin, known in Tunisia as
zatla, during September 2026.[1]They also took 338 pieces of cannabis of
different sizes in the same operations.[1]The same month’s operations seized
3 kg of cocaine and 25,000 narcotic tablets, which are counted separately from
the cannabis.[1]Mosaique FM gave the same cannabis total of 110 plaques and
338 pieces for the month.[2]Directinfo, citing the TAP agency, reported the
same list of 110 cannabis slabs, 3 kg of cocaine, 25,000 tablets and 338
cannabis pieces.[3]
The National Guard’s general directorate announced the results in a video on its
official page.[1]The units detained 1,515 people during the month.[1]Directinfo gave the same total of 1,515 arrests for the month.[3]One of those
detained was wanted under 52 search notices issued by different security and
judicial authorities.[1]Another detainee was said to have escaped from prison
during the events of the Revolution and had been sentenced to 30 years in prison
for drug trafficking, with five search notices against him.[1]
Case data
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The 110 slabs and 338 pieces have no published weight, so no cannabis kilogramme figure is recorded; the 3 kg is cocaine and is left out of the figures.
The monthly figures give no date, governorate or unit for any individual seizure; 30 September 2026, the last day of the reported month, is used as the incident date.
The 1,515 arrests cover all drug operations in the month and may include people held over cocaine or tablets rather than cannabis.
The reports do not say whether any of those detained were charged or appeared in court.
The video announcing the results could not be opened directly; the three news accounts repeat it.
The planned revision of Law No. 52 and the prevention programme are separate policy items in the same article, mentioned only as context.
The text gives a weight ("3 kg") but the figures have no kg_seized; check whether it belongs there.
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.
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.
