Saudi border guards foil smuggling of 76 kg of hashish
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.
Saudi Arabia’s General Directorate of Border Guard said it had foiled attempts
to smuggle 76 kg of hashish.[1]The same statement said the smugglers of the
hashish were arrested, without giving a number.[1]
The Border Guard’s own post put the haul at 76 kg of hashish alongside 366,280
amphetamine tablets.[2]It also listed 163,750 tablets under medical-trade
controls, a separate group of medicines that is not cannabis.[2]The Border
Guard published the announcement with a video clip on its official account on 9
November 2026.[2]The outlet carried the statement as it appeared, so the two
accounts are not independent.[1]
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Cannabis
76 kg
Agency
General Directorate of Border Guard
Agency type
Border guard
Cannabis
Hashish (76 kg)
Activity
Smuggling
Setting
Land border
Case stage
Under investigation
Region
Saudi Arabia
Date
Publication date
Sources
صحيفة صدىslaati.comARحرس الحدود يحبط محاولات تهريب 76 كيلوجرامًا من الحشيش ويقبض على مهربيها.. فيديو
حرس الحدود السعودي (Saudi Border Guard)x.comAR#بكل_حزم .. حرس الحدود يحبط محاولات تهريب (76) كيلوجرامًا من مادة الحشيش المخدر و(366,280) قرصًا من مادة الإمفيتامين المخدر و(163,750) قرصًا خاضعًا لتنظيم التداول الطبي ويقبض على مهربيها
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The statement names no sector, region or border crossing, so the country-level place and coordinates are used.
No date is given for the interceptions themselves; 9 November 2026 is the announcement date and is used as the incident date.
The number of smugglers arrested is not stated, so no arrest count is recorded.
Amphetamine and the 163,750 tablets under medical-trade controls are not cannabis and are excluded from the figures.
No value was given for the hashish, and no charges, nationalities or court outcomes were published.
Slaati reproduces the Border Guard's statement word for word and is not an independent account.
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 customs posts recorded 1,205 seizures of prohibited goods at land, sea and air crossings in one week, including 36 types of narcotics such as hashish, cocaine and Captagon. The Zakat, Tax and Customs Authority gave no cannabis quantity, arrest count or breakdown of the individual cases.
Saudi Border Guard land patrols in the Dhahran al-Janub sector of Asir region stopped an attempt to smuggle 11 kg of hashish along with 14,800 tablets under medical-trade controls and 2,950 amphetamine tablets. Another operation announced the same day led to the arrest of four violators of the border security law over 80 kg of khat in Asir.
Saudi Border Guard land patrols in the Al-Raboah sector of Asir region arrested four Ethiopian nationals accused of smuggling 66 kilograms of hashish, the directorate announced on 1 November 2026. It said initial legal procedures were completed and the four were handed over with the drugs to the competent authority.
