The Security Spokesman of Ministry of Interior (MOI) said that the concerned security authorities managed, during (Jumada-Awwal, Jumada-Thani, Rajab, Shaaban and Ramadan) of 1433 AH, to arrest (762) persons accused of smuggling drugs and narcotic substances worth of SR 1,906,5 billion. The accused who are consisted of (247) Saudis, and (515) from 26 different nationalities were arrested in security operations in which security men often confronted by armed resistance, that resulted in the killing of two martyrs of security men, injury of (10) other, murder and wound of (57) drug smugglers. The security spokesman pointed out that, during these security operations, large quantities of drugs, heroin, hashish and psychotropic substances were seized in addition to confiscating of more than SR 11 million, in cash. He praised the coordination and integration between customs and concerned security authorities in monitoring, following-up and foiling attempts to traffic drugs into the kingdom. Today's announcement by the Ministry of Interior comes in further to the previously announced statement on the results of implementing tasks by security men in the fight against smuggling attempts of drugs and other psychotropic substances in Saudi Arabia, during the first months of 1433 AH, which resulted in the arrest of (681) accused of drugs smugglers.
