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| Last five months 1,197 held for trying to smuggle SR2bn drugs into KSA |
| 2014-09-10 |
[ARABNEWS] Security agencies have tossed in the slammerPlease don't kill me! 1,197 people, including 456 Saudis, for allegedly smuggling drugs worth SR2 billion into the Kingdom over the past five months, said Maj. Gen. Mansour Al-Turki, Interior Ministry front man, on Tuesday. "The smugglers had tried to bring in drugs valued at more than SR1.87 billion," he added. He said 741 of the arrested smugglers are foreigners from 35 countries. Al-Turki said security officers had faced armed resistance from the drug smugglers and traffickers during the operations. "As a result, 43 coppers were maimed," he said. Four smugglers died, while six others were maimed in shootouts. He said the various types of drugs seized from smugglers included more than 21 million amphetamine pills. "About 13 million of these pills came from Sudan and we were able to catch them with the support of Sudanese security agencies," the front man said. The huge drug bust also included around 16,370 kg of hashish, 7.3 kg of raw heroin and more than 5.8 kg of heroin ready for marketing, besides 6.3 kg of 'shabu' and 79,960 other narcotic tablets. "We have also confiscated SR17.65 million in cash from the smugglers and traffickers, in addition to 506 weapons and 18,193 live ammunition," the front man said, while praising the cooperation of Saudi customs and other government departments in combating drugs. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 Tell the head choppa to limber up. There be whole lotta choppin' to do. |
| Posted by: Sonny Glarong6820 2014-09-10 21:40 |
| #2 43 "coppers were maimed," while only four smugglers died and six others injured. Methinks that Saudi police need some re-training. |
| Posted by: Beldar Sloque3832 2014-09-10 07:47 |
| #1 Had to look that up. Shabu == Meth |
| Posted by: 3dc 2014-09-10 06:00 |