4 arrested with 1.1 kg hashish in Saudi Eastern Province
Saudi anti-narcotics officers arrested four people in the Eastern Province, including three Ethiopian border violators and a Saudi citizen, seizing 1.1 kg of hashish. The suspects were referred to the Public Prosecution, while a separate Riyadh methamphetamine case in the same announcement is excluded from cannabis figures.
🇸🇦 Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia
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Arrested
4
Cannabis
1.1 kg
Saudi Arabia’s General Directorate of Narcotics Control arrested four people in
the Eastern Province for allegedly promoting hashish.[1][2]Those held were three
Ethiopian nationals described as border-security violators and one Saudi
citizen.[1][2]Officers stopped the suspects, completed initial procedures and
referred them to the Public Prosecution to complete investigations and apply
statutory penalties.[1][2]
The Directorate put the hashish seized in the Eastern Province case at 1.1
kilograms.[1][2]It described the Eastern Province and Riyadh actions as two
separate security operations targeting hashish and methamphetamine promotion.[1][2]In the Riyadh operation, officers arrested two residents for allegedly
promoting methamphetamine (shabu), a non-cannabis drug excluded from this
report’s figures.[1][2]
The Directorate urged citizens and residents to report smuggling or promotion
through its 995 hotline and email and through 911 in the Eastern Province,
Riyadh, Mecca and Medina and 999 elsewhere.[1]The announcement gave the
Directorate’s email as 995@gdnc.gov.sa.[1]It said all reports are handled
with complete confidentiality and without liability for the informant.[1]
The article gives no separate date for the operations; 4 November 2026 is its publication date and is used as the incident date.
The combined announcement reports six arrests in total, but only the four Eastern Province hashish arrests are counted; the two Riyadh methamphetamine arrests are excluded.
No names, ages or further identifying details of the four suspects were published.
No court outcome beyond referral to the Public Prosecution was reported.
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Saudi security agencies detained 71 suspects and seized 164 kg of hashish alongside khat, heroin, methamphetamine and pills in operations across six regions announced on 2 November 2026. Border guards accounted for the hashish and most arrests, with smaller anti-narcotics cases in Al-Jawf, Jazan and Qassim.
Mujahideen patrols in Saudi Arabia's Jazan region arrested an Ethiopian border-security violator accused of promoting hashish. He was detained for statutory procedures and referred to the competent authority.
Saudi anti-narcotics police arrested six people in Medina, Riyadh and Jeddah, including three citizens held in Jeddah with 11 kg of hashish. All six were detained and referred to the Public Prosecution; amphetamine, medical-control tablets and shabu in the same roundup are not counted as cannabis.
Saudi Arabia's General Directorate of Narcotics Control arrested eight citizens in two operations: six in Qassim accused of promoting hashish and amphetamine, and two in Hail accused of possessing and promoting 2.5 kg of hashish and tablets subject to medical-sale controls. All were detained and referred to the Public Prosecution; no names or court dates were reported.
