Saudi: ZATCA thwarts 18M pills, 5000kg narcotics over 5 months

The Zakat, Tax, and Customs Authority (ZATCA) announced that it had successfully thwarted an attempt to smuggle more than 18 million pills and 5,000 kg of narcotics in Saudi Arabia over a period of 5 months.

ZATCA clarified that it had foiled about 465 cases of smuggling, through which it was found that smugglers had tried to bring the contraband into the Kingdom via various consignments through all the customs ports, including sea, air and land.

The largest percentage of narcotic pills seized by ZATCA was Captagon, in addition to hashish, heroin, cocaine, meth and others.

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