Customs at Dhiba Port have thwarted an attempt to smuggle a large quantity of Captagon pills amounting to 2,494,708 found hidden under a consignment. The Port's Acting Director General Dhaifullah Al-Sharari pointed out that a ferry laden with a consignment of goods containing "a dates washing machine'' arrived at the port and when a Customs officer carried out checking procedures, he found that the pills hidden in an artistic way in the machine.