The Zakat, Tax and Customs Authority in Saudi Arabia announced that it thwarted an attempt to smuggle one million and one hundred thousand narcotic tablets, following finding them hidden in a consignment that the country received through the port of Jeddah Islamic Port.
The authority explained in a tweet on the “Twitter” website, that the narcotic pills were hidden inside a shipment of “toys, clothes and various merchandise.”
The authority published a video clip, which monitors the process of “inspecting the shipment and seizing narcotic tablets.”
#lay_safe | Thwarting an attempt to smuggle 1,100,000 narcotic pills, following finding them hidden in a consignment of “toys, clothes and miscellaneous goods” received through the port of Jeddah Islamic Port, and in coordination with @Mokafha_SA The 5 persons who received the seized items inside the Kingdom were arrested.
????| https://t.co/jpUJgNAXKM#zatka pic.twitter.com/GH4p6OKp4Z— Zakat, Tax and Customs Authority (@Zatca_sa) August 12, 2022
After coordination with the General Directorate of Narcotics Control, the five persons seized inside Saudi Arabia were seized, according to the newspaper.Okaz” About the Commission.
