Suspected drug trafficker arrested in Kasserine region
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on La Presse de Tunisie
Tunisian National Guard intelligence and investigation units arrested a 45-year-old woman in Kasserine presented as a major drug trafficker wanted by several services. Vehicles, jewellery, sums of money, documents and forged stamps were seized, according to a security source cited by the TAP news agency.
A 45-year-old woman, presented as one of the main suspected drug traffickers in the Kasserine region, was arrested by units of the National Guard’s Intelligence and Investigation Directorate, according to a security source cited by the TAP news agency on Saturday. She was the subject of several wanted notices issued by security units and judicial authorities.
The operation led to the seizure of sums of money, wanted vehicles, jewellery, as well as documents and stamps used in forgery operations. The suspect is also suspected of being involved in several cases involving the falsification of certificates lifting wanted notices. She was placed in custody on the instructions of the representative of the public prosecutor’s office at the competent Kasserine court, according to the same source.
