Border Guard patrols in Najran foiled attempts to smuggle in four tons of hashish, explosives, hand grenades, firearms and live ammunition, besides stopping thousands of infiltrators from crossing the border from Yemen over the past nine months, said Maj. Ali Al-Qahtani, Border Guards spokesman in Najran.
“A total of 26,891 people of various nationalities tried to infiltrate into the Kingdom, while 254 smugglers were caught with almost five tons of hashish, 122 captagon tablets, 347 weapons of various kinds, 3,709 rounds of live ammunition, bundles of explosives, 14 hand grenades and 11 plastic packets of Molotov cocktails,” he said.
Authorities also seized 16 vehicles used for smuggling operations, electronic newspaper sabq.org reported.
Bid to smuggle hashish, arms foiled
