RIYADH: Authorities in Saudi Arabia thwarted an attempt to smuggle more than four million amphetamine tablets into the Kingdom, the Saudi Press Agency reported on Wednesday.
Maj. Mohammed Al-Nujaidi, spokesperson for the General Directorate of Narcotics Control, said 4,091,250 pills were found hidden in a shipment of cattle feed during an operation at Jeddah Islamic Port carried out by Saudi officials in cooperation with counterparts in Qatar, and in coordination with the Zakat, Tax and Customs Authority.
The recipients of the shipment, who are from Egypt and Jordan, were arrested in Riyadh region and referred to the Public Prosecution, Al-Nujaidi added.
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