ABHA — A Border Guard at Al-Raboua checkpoint in Asir was injured during an exchange of fire with a group of smugglers trying to sneak past the guards. The smugglers, who were spotted by the guards with the help of thermal cameras, refused to surrender and opened fire at the guards. Sergeant Muhammad Salman Al-Qahtani was hit on his face and was taken to the hospital at Dhahran Al-Jonoub. Col. Abdullah Ahmas Al-Hamrani, Border Guard spokesman, said the smugglers were rounded up and they had in their possession 6,130 bullets and 166 rifle magazines. — SG
