Saudi finds 4M amphetamine tablets hidden in shipment of peppers
Saudi authorities have thwarted an attempt to smuggle almost 4 million amphetamine tablets into the kingdom, its General Directorate of Narcotics Control said on Wednesday.
The seized narcotic pills were hidden inside a shipment of peppers, said the directorate’s spokesman Mohammed Al Nujaidi.
“The security monitoring of drug smuggling networks targeting the kingdom and its youth have led to the foiling of an attempt to smuggle 3,989,000 amphetamine tablets,” he said.
Five people attempting to receive the shipment have been arrested in the city of Riyadh and the province of Jeddah, the spokesman said. The five — three Syrians, an Egyptian and a Saudi citizen — were referred to prosecutors for investigation.
The security operation was carried out in coordination with the Zakat, Tax and Customs Authority. It is not immediately clear where the shipment arrived from.
