Saudi Border Guard land patrols in the Al-Raboah sector of the Asir region arrested four Ethiopian nationals who were accused of smuggling 66 kilograms of hashish through the sector.[1] The four were described as violators of the kingdom’s border security law.[2]

The Border Guard said it had completed the initial legal procedures against the four and handed them, together with the seized hashish, to the competent authority to take the necessary measures.[1] The same announcement covered a separate operation in the same sector in which four other Ethiopians were arrested with 80 kilograms of khat, a plant that is not cannabis.[2]

The Saudi security authorities renewed their appeal to citizens and residents to report drug smuggling and trafficking through the emergency numbers 911, 999 and 994, the anti-narcotics directorate’s 995 line and an email address.[1] They said all reports are handled in strict confidence and that the person reporting bears no liability.[2]