Seizure6 November 2023verifiedCET-WZEWNZ

Saied orders a harder drug crackdown

On 6 November 2023 President Kais Saied met the interior minister, the national guard commander and the director general of national security and called for more patrols and a tougher fight against drugs. The meeting followed similar remarks on 26 October. Lawyers later linked the instructions to the arrest wave of 2024.

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Cannabis users face a new era of repression in Tunisia (18 March 2024). Nawaat. Section on Saied's meetings of 26 October and 6 November 2023.

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