RIYADH: Saudi authorities have thwarted a multimillion-dollar drugs smuggling operation, the General Directorate for Drug Control said on Wednesday.
Maj. Mohammed Al-Nujaidi, the spokesman for the Kingdom’s anti-drug authority, said 3,049,451 tablets were found hidden inside compartments of a truck, that traffickers were trying to bring into the Kingdom.
The drug haul had a street value of approximately $30.494m - $76.236m according to research published in the International Addiction Review Journal, which said users paid in the range of $10-$25 a pill
Al-Nujaidi said the operation was carried out in coordination with the Zakat, Tax and Customs Authority, adding that three Saudi nationals have been arrested in the capital, Riyadh, and in the Eastern Province.
Preliminary legal measures have been taken against them and they have been referred to the Public Prosecution, Al-Nujaidi added
