Al-Marsad Newspaper – SPA: The Zakat, Tax and Customs Authority was able to thwart two attempts to smuggle more than 2.9 million Captagon pills, following they were found hidden in consignments that came to the Kingdom through the Empty Quarter and Haditha crossings.
The authority stated that it was able to thwart an attempt to smuggle 2,920,000 Captagon pills at the Empty Quarter port, following finding them hidden in consignments (electrical cables) received through the port, where the seized items were hidden inside the cavities of the cables.
It added that it was able, at the Haditha port, to thwart another attempt to smuggle 24,400 Captagon pills, which were hidden inside the “spindle” of one of the trucks coming through the port.
And it indicated that following the completion of the seizure operations, coordination took place with the General Directorate for Drug Control to ensure the arrest of the recipient of the seizures inside the Kingdom, where he was arrested, thanks to God.