Saudi Gazette report
RIYADH — The Normal Directorate of Border Guards foiled makes an attempt to smuggle large cache of medicine into Saudi Arabia.
A complete of 1708 individuals had been arrested in reference to drug smuggling. They included 995 Ethiopian border safety violators, 695 Yemeni nationals who violated the Border Safety Legislation, 3 Eritrean, Somali and Sudanese nationals, and 15 Saudi residents.
The seized medicine included 350,644 amphetamine drugs, 1,526,629 tablets topic to medical regulation, 2.6 tons of cannabis, and 144 tons of khat. The smugglers had been arrested within the border areas of Tabuk, Jazan, Asir, and Najran.
This comes throughout the framework of the Ministry of Inside’s anti-drug marketing campaign via flawless monitoring of drug smuggling and trafficking actions that focus on the safety of the Kingdom and its youth. The ministry referred to as on residents and residents to report any info they’ve about any actions associated to drug smuggling or trafficking by calling over the toll free quantity 911 within the areas of Makkah, Madinah, Riyadh, and the Japanese Province, and the numbers 994 and 999 in the remainder of the Saudi areas.
The general public may also go the knowledge by calling the Normal Directorate of Narcotics Management’s reporting quantity 995, or by electronic mail: [email protected]. All reviews might be dealt with with full confidentiality, with no legal responsibility on the reporter, the ministry stated in a press release.