Jeddah Marine Border Guards foil drug smugglers

Saudi border guards travel in a boat off the coast of the Red Sea on Saudi Arabia's maritime border with Yemen, near Jizan, in this April 8, 2015 file photo. (Reuters)

JEDDAH: Marine Border Guards in Jeddah foiled an attempt to smuggle 400 kilograms of hashish and 100,000 amphetamine pills, and arrested four Yemeni smugglers.
The Border Guards’ spokesman Col. Saher Al-Harbi said thermal cameras spotted a boat attempting to enter Saudi waters.
He added that all necessary security arrangements were taken with regard to the smugglers and the seized drugs, in collaboration with other security forces.
Al-Harbi said the border guards will remain a strong, vigilant, steadfast barrier to all those trying to harm the homeland, attack its citizens and smuggle drugs.