Official Spokesman of the General Directorate of Narcotics Control (GDNC) Major Mohammed Al-Nujaidi said that the continuous security follow-up of criminal network activities, which target to tamper with the security of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and its youth, have led to foiling a large attempt to smuggle amphetamine pills into the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia through a truck laden with corn via Al-Batha border crossing. In cooperation with the Emirati side and in coordination with the Zakat, Tax and Customs Authority and under a well-structured security plan, a total of 1,531,791 amphetamine pills were seized in possession of two people, a Saudi citizen and Syrian national, in Riyadh. Major Al-Nujaidi said that preliminary legal measures have been taken against the arrested and duly referred to the public prosecution, stressing that GDNC personnel will be ready to deal with whoever violates the regulations of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia that bans smuggling, promoting and consuming all types of drugs, praising the cooperation with relevant security apparatuses in the UAE.
