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Saudi Arabia foils attempt to smuggle over 12 million amphetamine pills
Saudi Arabia’s General Directorate of Narcotics Control (GDNC) said on Tuesday it had foiled an attempt to smuggle over 12 million amphetamine pills.
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The GDNC thwarted an attempt to smuggle 12,729,000 tablets of amphetamine concealed in a shipment of pomegranate fruit passing through the Jeddah port, the official Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported citing GDNC spokesman Marwan Alhazmi.
Four individuals – two Egyptians, one Syrian and one Yemeni – have been arrested and referred to the Public Prosecution, SPA said. (SPA)
The operation was carried out in coordination with Saudi Arabia’s General Authority of Zakat and Tax in Jeddah, he said.
Four individuals – two Egyptians, one Syrian and one Yemeni – have been arrested and referred to the Public Prosecution, SPA said.
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