Asir border guards foil smuggling of 74 kg of hashish
On 14 October 2025 Saudi Border Guard land patrols in the Al-Raboah sector of Asir thwarted an attempt to smuggle 74 kilograms of hashish and 45,000 amphetamine tablets. Initial legal steps were completed and the seized drugs were handed to the competent authority; no arrests were reported.
🇸🇦 Al-Raboah sector, Asir region, Saudi Arabia
- Cannabis
- 74 kg
Land patrols of Saudi Arabia’s Border Guard in the Al-Raboah sector of the Asir region foiled an
attempt to smuggle 74 kilograms of hashish and 45,000 amphetamine tablets on 14 October 2025.[1][2] The agency said initial legal procedures were completed and the seized material was handed
over to the competent authority.[1][2]
Security authorities repeated their appeal for citizens and residents to report drug smuggling or
trafficking through the kingdom’s emergency numbers and the General Directorate of Narcotics
Control’s 995 hotline and email address.[1]
Sources
- عام / حرس الحدود بمنطقة عسير يحبط تهريب (74) كيلوجرامًا من مادة الحشيش المخدر و (45,000) قرص من مادة الإمفيتامين المخدر. Saudi Press Agency, 14 October 2025. In Arabic.
- إحباط تهريب (74) كيلوجرامًا من مادة الحشيش المخدر و (45,000) قرص من مادة الإمفيتامين المخدر بمنطقة عسير. 1asir.com, 14 October 2025. In Arabic. Archived copy.
Open questions the AI reported
- The Saudi Press Agency release names Abha as the dateline but does not say whether anyone was arrested.
- Coordinates are for Abha, the regional capital; the Al-Raboah sector is on the southern border and is not mapped to a finer point in the sources.
- 1asir.com republished the agency text with a generic border-guard stock image unrelated to this interception.
