Saudi customs log 1,205 seizures in a week, hashish among 36 narcotics
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.
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Customs posts at Saudi Arabia’s land, sea and air crossings recorded 1,205
seizures of prohibited goods in one week, the Zakat, Tax and Customs Authority
(ZATCA) said.[1]
The seized goods included 36 types of narcotics, among them hashish, cocaine,
heroin, crystal meth and Captagon pills.[1]The ports also intercepted 303
other prohibited substances, 879 tobacco products and 31 illegally transported
currency consignments.[2]
ZATCA said the seizures were part of its continuing inspections to protect
society and stop the smuggling of prohibited goods.[1]The authority said
imports and exports would stay subject to strict customs control and that it had
stepped up work with other security agencies.[3]ZATCA asked the public to
report suspicious activity on its 1910 hotline, by email or on its international
number, promising confidentiality and a reward for accurate information.[4]
The tally was announced on 7 November 2026, two days before the submitted
report.[3]
Sources
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No weight, plant count or street value is given for the hashish or any other narcotic; the report records no cannabis quantity.
The 1,205 total covers all prohibited goods, including tobacco and currency, and is not a cannabis figure.
No arrests, suspects, charges, court outcomes or individual seizures are described; the tally gives only aggregate numbers.
The week covered by the tally is not dated; 7 November 2026 is the announcement and publication date and stands in for the incident date.
The authority's own text is not available; the accounts are Saudi Press Agency reports reproduced by outlets, so they are not independent of each other.
The Mathrubhumi report was published on 9 November 2026, two days after the first accounts, and reproduces the same announcement.
The Ajel English image is a generic illustration of customs inspection, not confirmed to show this event, so it is not listed as media.
A separate December 2025 ZATCA tally also reported 1,205 seizures; that is an earlier event and is not covered here.
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.
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.
