Saudi authorities arrest citizens promoting amphetamine tablets – over 30k pills seized

The Saudi authorities announced the arrest of three citizens in the eastern region of the Kingdom, for “promoting” tablets of the drug amphetamine, according to media reports, on Friday.

A video clip published by the Saudi Ministry of Interior, which included a number of raids in different regions of the country, showed the arrest of the three wanted persons, in possession of more than 30,000 pills of amphetamine drugs.

The video clip also shows the confiscation of firearms, which were in the possession of the wanted persons.

On Thursday, the Saudi security forces confirmed the arrest of four people for “distributing narcotic substances.”

And the Saudi security account said on Twitter: “The Criminal Investigation and Research Department of the Riyadh Police arrested (4) people for promoting narcotic substances.”

I attached the tweet with a video clip Show details of the security raid.

And the Saudi security authorities announced, on Monday, that they had thwarted two attempts to smuggle a large amount of Captagon pills and the drug hashish, after they were found hidden in two trucks that came to the Kingdom through two land outlets.

The Zakat, Tax and Customs Authority published a video clip to thwart the two attempts, as 293,000 Captagon pills and about 77 kilograms of hashish were seized.

The Gulf countries, especially Saudi Arabia, are the main destination for Captagon pills, which are easy-to-manufacture drugs and classified by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime as “a type of stimulating amphetamine”, which is usually a mixture of amphetamines, caffeine and other substances.