Baghdad The Saudi authorities announced that they had thwarted attempts to smuggle large quantities of drugs in 4 regions, confirming the arrest of their smugglers.
According to the official spokesman for the General Directorate of Border Guards, Colonel Misfer Al-Quraini / according to the Saudi Press Agency / that the land patrols of the border guards in the regions of Najran, Jizan, Asir and the northern borders, thwarted attempts to smuggle 52.4 tons of the narcotic khat, 807 kilograms of narcotic hashish and 475,166 tablets subject to medical regulation and 145,597 tablets of amphetamine.
Al-Quraini confirmed the arrest of their smugglers, explaining that their number is 421 accused, including 39 citizens, and 382 violators of the border security system, and they are 342 of Yemeni nationality, 38 of Ethiopian nationality and 2 of Iraqi nationality.
Source: National Iraqi News Agency