JAZAN: Around 127,875 infiltrators and 2,206 smugglers have been arrested over the past six months on the Saudi-Yemen border, a military spokesman said on Tuesday.
“Saudi forces also seized a number of weapons and 13,999 rounds of ammunition, and foiled attempts to smuggle 30 kg of gunpowder and explosives, eight sticks of dynamite, a number of handguns and large quantities of narcotic substances in 2,140 cars,” said media spokesman Lt. Col. Awad Al-Qahtani.
Meanwhile, several shops reopened in the border city of Khuba after Saudi forces took full control of border areas infiltrated by the enemy. As a sign of civilian administration returning to normalcy, Khuba Gov. Muhammad Al-Shamrani resumed his duties at his headquarters on Monday.
Shopkeepers in the city said shops reopening heralded the return of evacuated people to their homes in the border villages. When the trouble began, a number of fleeing families in Khuba were accommodated in residential units at the King Abdullah Charity Housing Project in Daihamah village.
Meanwhile, the remains of Saudi soldier Muhammad Al-Farsi, who died fighting infiltrators, were buried in the presence of a number of tribal chiefs and villagers in his hometown of Al-Shahnah.
