RIYADH: More than 5 million amphetamine tablets have been confiscated by Saudi authorities in the Jeddah region, the Saudi Press Agency reported on Monday.
Maj. Marwan Al-Hazmi, spokesman for the General Directorate for Narcotics Control, said that during a security follow-up operation on drug smuggling and distribution networks targeting the Kingdom, officials seized 5,280,000 amphetamine pills that had been concealed among a shipment of stones and building supplies at Jeddah Islamic Port.
In coordination with the Zakat, Tax, and Customs Authority, six intended recipients of drugs were arrested in Riyadh and Jeddah and have been referred to the Public Prosecution.
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