Border guards in Jazan’s Bani Malik region foiled an attempt to smuggle 118 guns and 235 magazines of live ammunition into the Kingdom on Wednesday, Brig. Abdullah Binmahfouz, spokesman of the department said.

“The officers were able to prevent the smugglers from bringing the weapons into the Kingdom while they were patrolling the area,” he said, adding that the smugglers had run away leaving the weapons.

He said the operation was supervised by Maj. Gen. Abdul Aziz Al-Sobhi, commander of the border guards in Jazan.