Saudi Arabia: Smuggling Attempt of 413,000 Amphetamine Pills Thwarted - Sarmad

Saudi Customs thwarted an attempt to smuggle approximately 413,450 tablets of the narcotic “amphetamine,” which were discovered concealed in a shipment arriving in the Kingdom through a border crossing.

Hamoud Al-Harbi, the official spokesperson for the Zakat, Tax and Customs Authority, explained that when one of the trucks entered the Kingdom via the Al-Haditha crossing and underwent customs procedures, security technologies, and live inspections, the large quantity of narcotic pills was found hidden inside a shipment of “tin cans,” with the pills concealed within the cans.

He emphasized that the Authority continues to tighten customs oversight on the Kingdom’s imports and exports across all its border crossings, standing ready to counter smuggling attempts in line with the key pillars of its strategy, which focus on enhancing community security and protection by curbing efforts to smuggle such harmful substances and other prohibited items, in coordination and cooperation with its partners: the Ministry of Interior and the General Directorate of Narcotics Control.