Tunisian President Kaïs Saïed received, on Monday, April 21 at the Palais de Carthage, several senior officials from the Interior Ministry, after a major operation against an international drug trafficking network.
Were present Khaled Nouri, Minister of the Interior, Sofiane Bessadok, Secretary of State for National Security, Mourad Saidane, Director General of National Security, as well as Hussein Gharbi, Managing Director of the National Guard.
During this meeting, the head of state praised what he described as a “unprecedented operation”, carried out in the governorate of Nabeul. More than a million Ecstasy tablets have been seized there, for an estimated value of more than 40 million dinars. According to the authorities, it would be one of the largest shots of the anti -drogue net ever made in Tunisia.
Mr. Saïed warned that these networks were not limited to conventional criminal activities, but participated in a broader strategy of destabilization of society. “They seek to undermine collective security, just as others are attacking state institutions,” he said.
In addition to the fight against drug trafficking, the president pleaded for a reinforced action against speculation and monopoly networks, accused of unbalanced economic circuits and weakening purchasing power. He called for close cooperation between security forces and economic control teams.
This double front – security and economic – reflects the president’s desire to strengthen state authority in the face of perceived threats. Kaïs Saïed regularly alerts the impact of criminal and speculative networks on social cohesion. An approach that arouses support, but also reservations about the need for a balance between security firmness and structural economic reforms.
