On Wednesday, Saudi Arabia announced the seizure of nearly 47 million amphetamine pills, in what it said was the “largest single smuggling attempt” for the drug, which authorities have been fighting for years to try to smuggle and distribute. do
Saudi Arabia’s news agency SPA reported that the Zakat, Taxation and Customs Organization seized more than “46.9 million amphetamine tablets hidden in a shipment of flour” after they entered the “Riyadh Dry Port” and transferred them to a warehouse. . “
He clarified that the security forces arrested “8 people involved in smuggling, 6 Syrians and 2 Pakistanis”.
The Drug Enforcement Administration posted images on Twitter showing the size of the haul.
#Anti-drugs The organization foiled the smuggling of about 47 million amphetamine pills hidden inside a shipment of flour through the dry port in Riyadh. @Shutterstockand take over his future.
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Authorities did not disclose whether the pills were the drug Captagon, a type of amphetamine, or the country that supplied the seized pills.
Major Mohammad Al-Najidi, the official spokesman of the General Anti-Narcotics Directorate, said: the amount of drugs seized in this operation is “the largest of its kind that is attempted to be smuggled into the country in one operation.”
And last July, Saudi Arabia announced that it had seized nearly 15 million Captagon tablets that had arrived in the kingdom “via the Islamic port of Jeddah” in the west of the country and were “concealed in a shipment of a machine for making concrete blocks.” did “
The kingdom regularly seizes Captagon pills, mainly from Syria and Lebanon, through shipments, particularly fruits and vegetables.
Customs announced that it had discovered 119 million pills last year.
A report prepared in April by the Washington-based New Lines research institute stated that the business of Captagon pills in the Middle East expanded greatly during 2021, reaching more than five billion dollars.
Walid Bukhari, Saudi ambassador to Lebanon, announced on Tuesday that Saudi authorities have seized 700 million narcotic pills from Lebanon since 2015.
Source: Lebanon Debate
