Security authorities have found a vehicle with large quantities of qat stashed in a trunk hidden out of sight to be smuggled to Jazan.

Jazan Police sources confirmed that a police field patrol managed to seize a truck loaded with large quantities of qat which the driver had hidden inside a trunk adjacent to the rear part of the vehicle. Policemen field patrol thought that the driver, an Asian national was acting suspiciously and ordered him to stop for inspections. After removing tons of plumbing equipment and tools, plastic pipes and some construction materials arranged atop the rear part of the vehicle, they reached the floor of the truck where they found a trunk. Upon opening the trunk, they were surprised to find large quantities of qat amounting to 616 units with a total weight of 172,480 kg.