2023-05-24 03:43:47
The Saudi security authorities announced, on Tuesday, the arrest of a resident of Bangladeshi nationality, following he was spotted in a video clip promoting the drug “Shabu”.
And the police of Al-Khobar Governorate in the eastern region of the Kingdom arrested a resident of Bangladeshi nationality for promoting methamphetamine, or what is known as the drug “Shabu”, according to a statement posted on Twitter.
During the promotion process, the accused hid the narcotic substances by “burying” them in different locations, and handing them over to the users “remotely” using the GPS positioning system, according to what appeared in a video published by the Saudi “General Security”.
180 grams of the drug “Shabu” were seized from the suspect’s possession, according to the “General Security” in the video clip.
The accused was arrested and legal measures were taken once morest him, and he was referred to the competent authority, according to the General Security.
What is shabu?
“Shabu” is an addictive drug “from the first dose” and sometimes leads its users to death, according to the “Saudi Drug Control Authority.”
It is a drug that is synthesized from the substance “methamphetamine”, which is considered “a strong stimulant that affects the central nervous system”, and this substance increases the amount of the natural chemical dopamine in the brain, which ultimately leads to addiction, according to “US National Institutes of Health“.
“Abu Zahra” and Shabu… deadly drugs spreading in Arab countries and warning of a “social catastrophe”
The spread of “synthetic” drug abuse in a number of Arab countries has raised questions regarding the repercussions of this on the health of users on the one hand, and the effects that these drugs have on society on the other hand, while experts warn of catastrophic future repercussions for this spread.
The substance “methamphetamine” leads to the user’s loss of connection with reality and separation from it, and increases the severity of his violence, and leads him to suffer from diseases of “schizophrenia, paranoia, extreme suspicion of others, and audio-visual hallucinations,” according to the same source.
This substance is known by several names, including “crystal meth, shabu, sabo, snow, and glass meth,” and it may come in the form of a white powder or pills and tablets.
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