DAMMAM: The Border Guard in the Eastern Province has said that 43 persons of various nationalities were apprehended for illegally entering Saudi waters in the first six months of the year. The authority said it also recorded three deaths by drowning, with 397 saved from the same fate, while off the shores of the Eastern Province on sea vessels or swimming. Regional Border Guard spokesman Muhammad Al-Ghamdi said that 208 violations were registered by fishing vessels, entailing fishing in prohibited waters and using banned methods of fishing. “Border Guard sea patrols stopped 28 foreign vessels that had entered Saudi waters to fish, while land patrols seized 102,844 narcotics pills from persons attempting to illegally enter the Kingdom with their smuggled goods,” Al
