Tabuk, Saudi Arabia: Saudi customs managed to thwart two attempts to smuggle a large quantity of Captagon pills found hidden in two vehicles that came in to the Kingdom via a port.
2,579,000 Captagon pills were found hidden in two vehicles: one truck and a private vehicle.
The Director General of Al-Hadithah Customs, Abdul Razzaq Al-Zahrani, said that a private vehicle, driven by a passenger and accompanied by his family of two children and his wife, was inspected by the customs controller, who suspected the vehicle and its owner.
The vehicle was thoroughly searched and 553 Captagon pills were found hidden in several sections of the vehicle, including in the spare tyre.
Al-Zahrani added that customs also thwarted another attempt to smuggle 26,000 Captagon pills found hidden inside a fire extinguisher on one of the trucks.
The director general said that the smugglers were seeking to exploit everything to enter the contraband into the Kingdom, including the exploitation of their family, whom were with him as an attempt to deceive the customs officers.
Saudi customs thwart attempts to smuggle more than 2.5m Captagon pills
Saudi customs thwart attempts to smuggle more than 2.5m Captagon pills
Saudi Arabia reaffirms commitment to the two-state solution
- Waleed Elkhereiji stressed the “importance of mobilizing political and economic support and advancing practical steps that translate commitments into concrete measures and accelerate the realization of the two-state solution”
RIYADH: In Riyadh on Friday, Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Waleed Elkhereiji participated on behalf of Minister of Foreign Affairs Prince Faisal bin Farhan in the extraordinary meeting of the Open-Ended Executive Committee at the level of foreign ministers of the member states of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation to discuss the Israeli occupation of Palestine, the Saudi Press Agency reported.
Elkhereiji reaffirmed the Kingdom’s support for the Global Alliance for the Implementation of the Two-State Solution and its efforts to unify international positions.
He stressed the “importance of mobilizing political and economic support and advancing practical steps that translate commitments into concrete measures and accelerate the realization of the two-state solution,” the SPA stated.
He also restated Saudi Arabia’s commitment to continuing this path with partner countries to achieve “a just and comprehensive peace that fulfills the aspirations of the Palestinian people to self-determination and the establishment of their independent state in accordance with the Arab Peace Initiative.”
