Saudi authorities confiscate 8m amphetamine pills 

Over 8 million amphetamine tablets have been confiscated by Saudi authorities. (SPA)
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Updated 11 May 2023
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Saudi authorities confiscate 8m amphetamine pills 

  • Drugs concealed among containers of coffee creamer

RIYADH: More than 8 million amphetamine tablets have been confiscated by Saudi authorities, the Saudi Press Agency reported on Wednesday.  

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 had seized 8,280,078 amphetamine pills that had been concealed among containers of coffee creamer.

Five intended recipients of the drugs were arrested in Riyadh and have been referred to the Public Prosecution. Preliminary legal measures have been taken against them.

Saudi security authorities have urged people to report any activities related to drug smuggling or promotion by calling 911 in the Makkah, Riyadh and Eastern Province regions, and 999 in the rest of the Kingdom’s regions.

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Saudi Arabia reaffirms commitment to the two-state solution

Updated 27 February 2026
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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.”