Saudi Arabia’s General Directorate of Narcotics Control arrested six people in three security operations in Medina, Riyadh and Jeddah governorate for promoting narcotics, stimulant tablets and tablets subject to medical controls.[1] In Jeddah, officers arrested three citizens accused of promoting hashish and other tablets.[1] In Riyadh, officers arrested one citizen accused of promoting amphetamine and tablets subject to medical controls.[1] In Medina, officers arrested two Pakistani residents accused of promoting methamphetamine, known locally as shabu.[1] All those arrested were detained, processed under the regulations and referred to the Public Prosecution.[1]

The Jeddah seizure included 11 kilograms of hashish, the cannabis component recorded here.[2] The same Jeddah seizure also included 1,037 amphetamine tablets plus additional medical-control tablets whose number was not published.[1] The Riyadh seizure comprised 7,093 amphetamine tablets and 14,774 tablets subject to medical controls.[2] No quantity was published for the shabu in the Medina cases, with the security announcement limited to naming the drug type.[2]

The authorities urged the public to report smugglers and promoters via 995, via 911 in Mecca, Medina, Riyadh and the Eastern Province, via 999 elsewhere, and by email, with strict confidentiality.[1] A second roundup account places these three operations within a wider day of additional announced security operations in other regions involving qat and other seizures left out here.[2]