RIYADH: Saudi authorities have thwarted an attempt to smuggle nearly 4.7 million Captagon tablets into Jeddah port, the General Directorate of Narcotics Control said on Wednesday.
A Jordanian man was arrested following the discovery of the drugs that were concealed in two shipments of sanitary products.
The drugs haul had an estimated street value of approximately $46.930 m to $117.325 m according to research published in the International Addiction Review Journal, which said users paid in the range of $10-$25 a pill.
Amphetamines are largely used by young men and teenaged boys across the Middle East – but the money raised through the sale of all narcotics is not only used to further supply of the illegal drugs trade, but to fund other organized crime and terrorism.
The Saudi authorities continue in their crackdown on the supply and use of illegal narcotics with millions of amphetamine tablets siezed almost every week.
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