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- Actions in coordination with General Directorate of Narcotics Control, 3 intended recipients arrested by authority
- Customs thwarted an attempt to smuggle 49,929 captagon pills hidden in wooden tables
RIAYDH: The Zakat, Tax and Customs Authority has thwarted attempts to smuggle more than 261,000 amphetamine (captagon) pills and 9.8 kg of methamphetamine, found hidden in vehicles and shipments arriving at King Abdulaziz International Airport, Duba Port, and the Al-Batha border crossing.
The authority, acting in coordination with the General Directorate of Narcotics Control, arrested three intended recipients of the contraband, it was reported on X.
The authority鈥檚 spokesperson Hamoud Al-Harbi said that customs thwarted an attempt to smuggle 49,929 captagon pills hidden in wooden tables at Duba Port; it found 20,209 captagon pills hidden in a traveler鈥檚 bag at King Abdulaziz International Airport; and it stopped two separate attempts at Al-Batha border crossing: one to smuggle 191,764 captagon pills in the floor of a truck, and another to smuggle 9.8 kg of methamphetamine also hidden in a truck.
Al-Harbi emphasized the authority鈥檚 commitment to tightening customs control over the Kingdom鈥檚 imports and exports, and confronting smuggling attempts while protecting society from the contraband.
This is in line with the most prominent pillar of the authority鈥檚 strategy, which is to enhance the security and protection of society by limiting attempts to smuggle such contraband and other prohibited items.
He urged citizens and residents to contribute and help in the fight against smuggling by supplying information on the dedicated security reporting number (1910), via email (1910@zatca.gov.sa), or by calling the international number (009661910). All reports will be handled with confidentiality and may result in a financial reward if the information is accurate.