Border guards foil 34 kg hashish smuggling in Jazan's Al-Dair
Saudi Border Guard land patrols in the Al-Dair sector of Jazan region foiled the smuggling of 34 kilograms of hashish. The Border Guard said initial legal procedures were completed and the seizure handed to the competent authority, with no suspect named.
Saudi Border Guard land patrols in the Al-Dair sector of Jazan region foiled an
attempt to smuggle 34 kilograms of hashish.[1]The Border Guard said in a
statement on the X platform that the initial legal procedures had been completed
and the seized drugs handed over to the competent authority.[1]
The security agencies urged citizens and residents to report information about
drug smuggling or promotion through 911 in the Mecca, Medina, Riyadh and Eastern
regions and through 999 and 994 elsewhere in the kingdom.[1]They also gave
the anti-narcotics directorate’s reporting number 995 and its email address,
saying all reports would be handled in strict confidentiality with no liability
for the reporter.[1]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Saudi Arabia's customs ports recorded 1,128 seizures of prohibited goods in one week, including 30 types of narcotics such as hashish, cocaine, heroin, shabu and Captagon. ZATCA gave no separate cannabis weight or arrest count, reporting also 270 prohibited items, 845 tobacco seizures and 11 cash cases.
Saudi Border Guard land patrols in the Al-Raboah sector of Asir region foiled an attempt to smuggle 19 kilograms of hashish and 109,000 tablets under medical-trade controls, the directorate said on 12 November 2026. It said initial legal procedures had been completed and the seizures handed 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, 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 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.
