JEDDAH: ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ’s security forces announced on Friday that they have arrested a total of 1,628 people from September 2017 to March 2018, as part of efforts to combat the smuggling and peddling of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances.
The perpetrators arrested included 1,024 Saudi nationals and 41 individuals from different nationalities for their involvement in crimes of smuggling, possession, couriering and dealing of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances.
During the course of their duties, the security forces faced armed resistance from smugglers and dealers in a number of security operations, resulting in injuries to 33 security personnel, in addition to the deaths of 10 and the injury of 21 drug smugglers and traffickers.
The total seized in the security operations of narcotics, psychotropic substances, weapons and cash are as follows:
1. 20,417,349 tablets of amphetamine (Captagon)
2. 18,197 tons of hashish
3: 6.5 kgs of raw heroin
4. Almost 79 kgs of impure heroin
5. Around 2 kgs of cocaine
6.Just over 32 kgs of anesthesia
7. More than 19 kgs of opium
8. 1,962,044 regulated medicinal pills
9. 439 assorted weapons, and 13,086 various live rounds
10. A total of SR 24,746,443 was seized
¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ’s security agencies arrested 1,628 for drug crimes in the past year
Updated 22 July 2018
¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ’s security agencies arrested 1,628 for drug crimes in the past year
- 1,024 of those arrested are Saudi nationals and 41 are from different nationalities
- In cases where the suspects resisted, 33 security personnel were wounded, 10 drug traffickers were killed and 21 wounded
