The spokesman for the General Directorate for Narcotics Control, Major Marwan Al-Hazmi, announced that the security follow-up on drug smuggling and promotion networks that target the security of the Kingdom and its youth resulted in thwarting an attempt to smuggle 12,729,000 tablets of narcotic amphetamine, hidden in a shipment of pomegranate fruit through Jeddah Islamic Port, in coordination with the Zakat Authority. And the tax and customs, and the arrest of its recipients in Jeddah Governorate, who are 4 people: two residents of Egyptian nationality, and two residents of both Syrian and Yemeni nationalities. The accused were arrested and preliminary legal measures were taken against them and referred to the Public Prosecution.
