The official spokesman for the General Directorate of Border Guards, Colonel Misfer Al-Quraini, stated that the land patrols of the Border Guards in the regions of Najran, Jazan, Asir, Tabuk and Makkah Al-Mukarramah thwarted attempts to smuggle (35) tons and (176) kilograms of the narcotic plant khat and (483.3) kilograms of marijuana. Narcotic hashish, during the period from 8/14/1444 AH to 8/26/1444 AH, and arrested its smugglers, and their number is (257) accused, including (14) citizens, and (243) violators of the border security system, and they are: (220) from The Yemeni nationality, and (23) of the Ethiopian nationality, and the initial legal procedures were completed against them, and they were handed over along with the contraband to the competent authority.
Okaz (Riyadh)