31 held as Saudi police and border guards seize 36.1 kg of hashish
Saudi security agencies arrested 31 people in one day of operations against smuggling and drug promotion across Jeddah, Jazan, Asir, Riyadh, Al-Jawf and the Eastern Province, seizing 36.1 kg of hashish. Most were Ethiopian and Yemeni border-security violators stopped with khat or hashish at southern border sectors, and all those held were referred to the competent authorities.
🇸🇦 Jeddah, Jazan, Asir, Riyadh, Al-Jawf and Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia
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Arrested
31
Cannabis
36.1 kg
Agencies
General Directorate of Border Guard, General Directorate of Mujahideen +1
Saudi security agencies said a day of intensified operations against drug
smuggling and promotion in several regions ended with 31 people detained, among
them citizens, residents and violators of the border security law.[1]The
operations seizedhashish, amphetamine, methamphetamine, khat plant and more
than 143,000 tablets of narcotics and medicines under medical-trade controls.[1]
In Jeddah, patrols of the General Directorate of Mujahideen, a security force,
arrested five Ethiopian border-security violators accused of promoting hashish
and amphetamine as well as regulated tablets.[1]Slaati, a Saudi news outlet,
reported the same Jeddah arrest of five Ethiopians held over promoting hashish,
amphetamine and regulated tablets, and said they were stopped and referred to
the competent authority.[2]
In Jazan region, Border Guard land patrols in the Al-Aridah sector arrested
eight Yemeni violators accused of smuggling 150 kg of khat plant.[1]In the
same region’s Al-Dair sector, patrols arrested four Ethiopian violators accused
of smuggling 35 kg of hashish and 74,400 tablets under medical-trade controls.[1]Border Guard patrols in the Al-Raboah sector of Asir region arrested two
Yemeni violators accused of smuggling 40 kg of khat plant.[1]
In Riyadh, two Pakistani residents were arrested for allegedly promoting 5 kg of
methamphetamine, a substance outside this report’s cannabis figures.[1]In
Al-Jawf region, two citizens were arrested for allegedly promoting hashish and
1,755 tablets under medical-trade controls.[1]In Asir, two citizens were
detained over 7,461 tablets under medical-trade controls, and two other suspects
were arrested over 9,950 amphetamine tablets.[1]A Yemeni resident in Jazan
region was arrested for allegedly promoting 50,280 tablets under medical-trade
controls.[1]
In the Eastern Province, security agencies arrested three Ethiopian
border-security violators and one citizen accused of promoting 1.1 kg of
hashish.[1]Legal measures were taken against those detained and they were
referred to the competent authorities, while initial procedures in the smuggling
cases were completed and the suspects and seizures handed over.[1]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
The article gives no separate date for the operations; 5 November 2026 is its publication date and is used as the incident date.
The 31 arrests cover hashish, amphetamine, methamphetamine, khat and regulated tablets together, so no hashish-only arrest count can be separated.
No weight was published for the hashish cases in Jeddah, Al-Jawf or the unlocated two-suspect amphetamine case, so the 36.1 kg figure covers only the Al-Dair and Eastern Province seizures.
The article does not say where the two suspects held over 9,950 amphetamine tablets were arrested.
No names, ages, charges or court outcomes were published; the agencies said only that initial procedures were completed and the detainees referred to the competent authorities.
Khat, amphetamine, methamphetamine and regulated tablets seized in the same operations are not cannabis and are excluded from the figures.
Only one outlet covering the full roundup was found; the second source covers only the Jeddah case.
Saudi narcotics police arrested a Saudi citizen and a Yemeni border violator in Asir region for allegedly promoting hashish, methamphetamine and regulated tablets. Both were referred to the Public Prosecution after initial legal procedures.
Saudi anti-narcotics officers arrested two Saudi citizens in Riyadh for dealing drugs. They seized 10 kg of hashish along with cocaine and 2,170 regulated tablets, and referred the men to the Public Prosecution.
Saudi Arabia's General Directorate of Narcotics Control arrested a Saudi citizen and a Yemeni resident in Jazan region, accusing them of promoting 32 kilograms of hashish and tablets subject to medical-trade controls. The directorate said both were stopped, legal procedures were taken and they were referred to the Public Prosecution.
Saudi Arabia's General Directorate of Narcotics Control arrested 11 people in Jeddah governorate, an Eritrean resident, six other residents and four Ethiopian violators of the border security law, accusing them of promoting 26 kg of hashish. The suspects were stopped and referred to the Public Prosecution.
