- Four Ethiopian individuals were arrested by border patrol officials in Jazan, Saudi Arabia, while attempting to smuggle 75 kg of khat.
- After the first legal procedures were completed, the confiscated goods were given back to the relevant authorities.
- The relevant public must extend its cooperation to the authority against drug selling or smuggling of drugs by providing necessary information and it shall report as early as possible.
Jizan, June 20, 2024." The border patrol officials were conducting the land patrols in Al-Dayer governorate of the Jazan Region when they apprehended four Ethiopian individuals who were trying to smuggle 75 kilograms of khat. After completing the first legal processes, we gave the seized items to the appropriate authority. Please contact 911 in Makkah, Riyadh, and the Eastern Territories, and 999 in the remaining regions of Saudi Arabia, if you have any information regarding drug sales or smuggling. If you see any of these acts happening around you, tell your security men The General Directorate of Narcotics Control (GDNC) can also be reached by calling 995 or sending an email to [email protected]. Each and every report would be treated with utmost confidentiality.
