Saudi Arabia .. thwarting the smuggling of 18 million narcotic tablets – Video

The Saudi Ministry of Interior announced that it had thwarted a criminal scheme to smuggle more than 18 million narcotic amphetamine tablets, in cooperation between Drug Control and the Customs Authority.

The official spokesman for the General Directorate for Narcotics Control, Captain Muhammad bin Khaled Al-Najidi, confirmed that “the security follow-up of the activities of the criminal networks that have smuggled and promoted narcotic substances to the Kingdom resulted in thwarting attempts to smuggle and promoting about (18,933,823) amphetamine tablets, and the arrest of the 16 persons involved in it Accused, including 10 citizens and 6 residents. “

He explained, “The combat men managed to overthrow a criminal cell in the city of Riyadh, whose members are working on receiving and promoting narcotic substances, as 5 citizens were arrested, and their possession of more than 9 million narcotic amphetamine tablets were seized in iron containers.”

He added, “In two security operations in Al Haditha Port and Jeddah Governorate, in cooperation with the General Authority for Customs, a criminal cell was overthrown in Jeddah Governorate, after its agents received an amount of narcotic substances, and arrested 5 citizens and 5 residents, and seized in their possession more than 5 million amphetamine narcotic tablets. Hidden inside a shipment of clothes belts. “

He pointed out that, “in the other operation, a resident of Haditha Port was overthrown for his attempt to smuggle more than 3 million narcotic amphetamine tablets hidden inside a potato shipment.”

Source: “Previously”

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