Border guards foil 46 kg hashish smuggling in Jazan's Al-Ardah
Saudi Border Guard land patrols in the Al-Ardah sector of Jazan region foiled an attempt to smuggle 46 kilograms of hashish, the directorate announced on 11 November 2026. It said initial legal procedures had been completed and the seized drugs handed over to the competent authority, without naming any suspect or giving an arrest figure.
Saudi Border Guard land patrols in the Al-Ardah sector of Jazan region foiled an
attempt to smuggle 46 kilograms of hashish.[1][2]The interception took place on Wednesday, 11 November 2026.[2]The Border Guard said in a
statement on its official account on the X platform that initial legal
procedures had been completed and the seized goods handed to the competent
authority.[1][2]
Alriyadh 24 reported the same interception in the Al-Ardah sector, giving the
same figure of 46 kilograms of hashish and the same statement about the
completed procedures.[3]Security agencies urged citizens and residents to
report information on drug smuggling or promotion through the 911 and 999
emergency numbers, the anti-narcotics directorate’s 995 line and its email
address.[1]
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Image published with Ajel's report of the 46 kg of hashish seized in the Al-Ardah sector of Jazan region.Photo details
No suspect was named or described, and the reports give no arrest figure, nationality, charge or court outcome.
No value or street price was given for the 46 kilograms of hashish.
All three outlets carry the Border Guard's statement, and none links the directorate's own X post, so the account rests on the agency's wording as published by the outlets.
Saudi Arabia's General Directorate of Border Guard said it foiled attempts to smuggle 76 kg of hashish and arrested those it called the smugglers, without saying how many. The same announcement reported 366,280 amphetamine tablets and 163,750 tablets under medical-trade controls, none of which is counted as cannabis.
Saudi Arabia's customs posts recorded 1,205 seizures of prohibited goods at land, sea and air crossings in one week, including 36 types of narcotics such as hashish, cocaine and Captagon. The Zakat, Tax and Customs Authority gave no cannabis quantity, arrest count or breakdown of the individual cases.
Saudi Border Guard land patrols in the Dhahran al-Janub sector of Asir region stopped an attempt to smuggle 11 kg of hashish along with 14,800 tablets under medical-trade controls and 2,950 amphetamine tablets. Another operation announced the same day led to the arrest of four violators of the border security law over 80 kg of khat in Asir.
Saudi Border Guard land patrols in the Al-Raboah sector of Asir region arrested four Ethiopian nationals accused of smuggling 66 kilograms of hashish, the directorate announced on 1 November 2026. It said initial legal procedures were completed and the four were handed over with the drugs to the competent authority.
