Border guards in Jazan arrest Ethiopian over 34 kg of cannabis
Saudi Border Guard land patrols in the Al-Aridah sector of Jazan arrested an Ethiopian national on 27 September 2025 for trying to smuggle 34 kilograms of cannabis into the kingdom. Initial legal steps were completed and he was handed over with the drugs to the competent authority.
🇸🇦 Al-Aridah sector, Jazan region, Saudi Arabia
- Arrested
- 1
- Cannabis
- 34 kg
Border Guard land patrols in the Al-Aridah sector of Saudi Arabia’s Jazan region arrested an
Ethiopian national for violating border security rules by attempting to smuggle 34 kilograms of
cannabis into the kingdom.[1] Okaz dated the interception to 27 September 2025 and said initial
legal procedures were completed before the suspect and the seized drugs were delivered to the
competent authority.[2][3]
Security agencies again urged citizens and residents to report drug smuggling or trafficking through
the kingdom’s emergency and anti-narcotics hotlines.[2]
Sources
- Saudi border guards seize 34kg of cannabis in Jazan drug bust. Arab News, 29 September 2025.
- جازان: القبض على مخالف لنظام أمن الحدود لتهريبه 34 كغم حشيش مخدر. Okaz, 27 September 2025. In Arabic.
- ضبط 12 متورطاً واحباط تهريب 234 كجم مخدرات. Al-Bilad, 28 September 2025. In Arabic. Archived copy.
Open questions the AI reported
- Arab News describes the drug as cannabis while Okaz and Al-Bilad call it hashish; all give the same 34 kg weight for this arrest.
- Arab News also summarises a separate Najran pharmaceutical-tablet case in the same brief; this report covers only the Jazan cannabis seizure.
- No name, age or court outcome for the suspect was reported.
- The map pin is an approximate point for the Al-Aridah sector on the Saudi side of the border; sources name the sector only.
