Mustapha Aroui held along with 22 others after 200 containers of decaying household and medical waste discovered in July
Tunisia’s environment minister has been arrested following the attempted importation of household and hospital waste from Italy.
Mustapha Aroui was dismissed from his post and subsequently arrested on Sunday, along with several other people, including senior customs officials, members of its waste management agency, Agence Nationale de Gestion des Déchets (ANGed) and a Tunisian diplomat based in Naples.
