Nine held in four Saudi drug operations as Qassim pair face hashish charge
Border Guard patrols and the General Directorate of Narcotics Control detained nine people in four separate operations in Jazan, Qassim, Riyadh and Jeddah, among them two people accused of promoting hashish and 2,837 amphetamine tablets in Qassim.
Border Guard land patrols and the General Directorate of Narcotics Control,
Saudi Arabia’s anti-narcotics agency, carried out four separate security
operations in Jazan, Qassim, Riyadh and Jeddah.[1]
In Jazan region, Border Guard land patrols arrested three violators of the
border security law accused of smuggling 90 kg of khat, a stimulant leaf that is
not cannabis.[1][2]In Qassim region, the directorate arrested two people accused
of promoting hashish, a cannabis resin, and 2,837 tablets of amphetamine.[1][2]Sobra, a Saudi news outlet, reported the Qassim arrests of two citizens accused
of promoting hashish and 2,837 amphetamine tablets.[3]In Riyadh region, the
directorate arrested two residents accused of promoting methamphetamine, known
locally as shabu.[1]In Jeddah governorate, the directorate arrested two
residents accused of promoting cocaine.[1]
The four operations added up to nine people detained: three in Jazan, two in
Qassim, two in Riyadh and two in Jeddah.[1][2]The security agencies said all the
suspects were detained, initial legal procedures were taken against them, and
they were referred with the seizures to the competent authority for the
penalties set by law.[1]
The agencies called on citizens and residents to report drug smuggling or
promotion to the Border Guard on 994, the directorate on 995 or 995@gdnc.gov.sa,
911 in Mecca, Medina, Riyadh and the Eastern Province, and 999 elsewhere, saying
all reports would be treated in strict confidence.[1]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
The article gives no separate date for the four operations; 6 November 2026 is its publication date and is used as the incident date.
No weight, street value or number of packets was published for the Qassim hashish, so no cannabis quantity or value is recorded.
Sabq describes the Jazan three as violators of the border security law and the Qassim, Riyadh and Jeddah suspects as two people or two residents each, but gives no nationalities or ages.
The amphetamine in the Qassim case, the khat in Jazan and the methamphetamine and cocaine in Riyadh and Jeddah are not cannabis and are excluded from the figures.
No charges before a court or court outcomes were published; the agencies said only that initial procedures were taken and the suspects referred to the competent authority.
Sobra merges this roundup with Asir operations and a Jeddah cocaine case of 10 kg, and reports 13 people in six operations; only the four operations in the Sabq account are recorded here.
The text gives a weight ("90 kg") but the figures have no kg_seized; check whether it belongs there.
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