The Security Spokesman at the Ministry of Interior announced today the arrest of 195 persons of various nationalities involved in smuggling and promoting drugs during a number of security operations carried out by security authorities in various provinces of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to thwart smuggling and promoting large quantities of pure heroin, hashish and Captagon tablets. The Spokesman stated that security authorities have seized during these security operations 8,075,141 Captagon tablets, more than 2.7 tons of hashish and 20 kilograms of pure heroin. The Spokesman elaborated the nationalities of the arrested persons including 108 Saudis, 29 Pakistanis, 17 Yemenis, 9 Syrians, One Turkish, One Sudanese, One Egyptian and One Indian in addition to 28 people from unknown-identity infiltrators. The Spokesman stressed that security forces will continue to carry out their duties to protect the society from the scourge of drugs and its harm, affirming that anyone involved in drugs smuggling and promotion will be submitted to the judiciary for punishment.
