Dubai, United Arab Emirates (CNN) – The Saudi authorities announced, on Monday, that they had thwarted an attempt to smuggle more than 5 million tablets of the narcotic amphetamine inside a shipment of stones and building supplies through the Jeddah Islamic Port in Jeddah Governorate.
A spokesman for the Saudi General Directorate for Drug Control said, “The security follow-up of drug smuggling and promotion networks that target the security of the Kingdom and its youth resulted in thwarting an attempt to smuggle (5,280,000) tablets of the narcotic amphetamine inside a shipment of stones and building supplies through the Jeddah Islamic Port in Jeddah Governorate, in coordination with the authority Zakat, tax and customs,” according to the Saudi Press Agency (SPA).
The spokesman added: “The receivers were arrested in the Riyadh region and Jeddah governorate, and they are 6 people, 3 residents, an expatriate with a visit visa of Syrian nationality, a resident of Sudanese nationality, and a citizen. The accused were arrested and preliminary legal measures were taken against them and referred to the Public Prosecution.”
It is noteworthy that the Saudi Minister of Interior, Prince Abdulaziz bin Saud bin Nayef Al Saud, vowed, on Sunday, to launch continuous strikes against drug dealers and smugglers, stressing that no one will be spared from drug smuggling to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
The Saudi Interior Minister said, via Twitter: “Blow after blow, drug dealers and smugglers, and those who target our society and our homeland, will not escape.”
The Saudi Minister of Interior’s comments came on a video published by the Anti-Narcotics Department of the Ministry of Interior in the Kingdom on its Twitter website, in which it monitored the arrest of several citizens and foreign residents for promoting drugs in the Kingdom, which comes as part of a strict and comprehensive anti-drug campaign in Saudi Arabia.
The administration said in the video clip that “two Pakistani residents were arrested for promoting the drug methamphetamine (shabu) in Jeddah Governorate, and a citizen was arrested for promoting the drug hashish in the Asir region, and a resident of Pakistani nationality was arrested for promoting tablets subject to the regulation of medical circulation in the Riyadh region, and the arrest against a resident of Afghan nationality for transporting and promoting narcotic hashish in the Qassim region.”
It also added that “two citizens were arrested for promoting narcotic hashish in the Jazan region, a citizen was arrested for promoting narcotic amphetamine in the Tabuk region, and a citizen was arrested for promoting and displaying narcotic hashish on social media in the eastern region.”
2023-05-02 01:17:51
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