Over 18 million drug pills have been smuggled into Saudi Arabia in the past five months, according to the kingdom.
Saudi Zakat, Tax and Customs Authority (ZATCA) officials have released information about the seizure of over 5,000 kilos of different kinds of narcotics by customs officers between January and May. Saudi news agency SPA cited ZATCA as reporting that 465 smuggling attempts were busted at the kingdom's customs outlets.
Most of the seized drugs included capsagon pills, while others were hashish, heroin, cocaine, and methamphetamine, or shabu, which is an addictive substance.
A number of smuggling attempts have been foiled in Saudi Arabia in the last few months.
At the Al Hadaitha border crossing in northern Saudi Arabia, ZATCA's officers foiled an attempt to smuggle around 29,000 Captagon drugs into the country.
At Al Hadaitha crossing, Saudi authorities busted a smuggling attempt involving about 2.1 million Captagon pills hidden inside a shipment of tomato paste.
Saudi Arabia has a death penalty for drug smuggling and trafficking
