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Saudi authorities thwart attempt to smuggle over 1m amphetamine pills in Tabuk

Maritime patrols thwarted an attempt to smuggle 1,056,162 amphetamine tablets hidden in plastic barrels. (File/SPA)
Maritime patrols thwarted an attempt to smuggle 1,056,162 amphetamine tablets hidden in plastic barrels. (File/SPA)
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Updated 09 February 2022

Saudi authorities thwart attempt to smuggle over 1m amphetamine pills in Tabuk

Saudi authorities thwart attempt to smuggle over 1m amphetamine pills in Tabuk
  • The tablets had been seized and initial legal measures have been taken

RIYADH: Authorities in ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ thwarted an attempt to smuggle more than one million amphetamine pills in the Kingdom’s northwestern region.
Spokesman for the General Directorate of Border Guards Lt. Col. Misfer Al-Quraini said that during a security follow-up to the activities and attempts to smuggle drugs into the Kingdom, maritime patrols in the Al-Wajh sector in the Tabuk region thwarted an attempt to smuggle 1,056,162 amphetamine tablets hidden in plastic barrels.
Al-Quraini said the tablets had been seized and handed over to the competent authority, and initial legal measures have been taken.