Arab coalition seizes huge drugs shipment in Yemen heading to Houthis

The heroin and cocaine was discovered in a truck at a checkpoint. (Ekhbariya/Screengrab)
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Updated 27 October 2020
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Arab coalition seizes huge drugs shipment in Yemen heading to Houthis

  • The heroin and cocaine was discovered in a truck at a checkpoint

RIYADH: The Arab coalition said on Tuesday it had seized half a ton of drugs in Aden destined for the Houthi militia.

The heroin and cocaine was discovered in a truck at a checkpoint, Al-Arabiya reported.

The drugs were hidden among containers carrying sugar and had arrived from Brazil.


Qatar says attacks on region’s energy facilities have global repercussions

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Qatar says attacks on region’s energy facilities have global repercussions

  • Qatar foreign ministry spokesperson said attacks on energy facilities are a dangerous precedent that will cause economic loss in the region and as well as global repercussion

DOHA: Qatar warned on Tuesday that attacks on regional energy infrastructure during the Middle East war would be felt economically throughout the world.

“The attacks on energy facilities that have happened, also on both sides, are a dangerous precedent... it will cause repercussions throughout the world,” foreign ministry spokesman Majed al-Ansari said.  

Iran has pressed its attacks against Qatar's infrastructure, he said. 

“The targeting of civilian infrastructure continues... and we rebuke any justification that the Iranians are offering for these attacks,” al-Ansari said. 

On Iran, the foreign ministry spokesperson said the Iranian president's statement of apology has not been translated into action, after cities in Bahrain and the UAE were hit by Iranian missiles.