Border guard patrols at Almofja post in Najran Region have foiled an attempt by a group of walking traffickers to smuggle a quantity of hashish after fire exchange across a tough mountainous area, it was reported here today. Commander of Border Guard of Najran Region Major General Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Alzahrani said a patrol on duty at a mountainous area detected a group of people trying to cross the border by hiding behind the rocks. Realizing that they had been detected, they fired at the patrol which exchanged fire. The smugglers fled the scene, leaving 26 kilograms of hashish behind them.
