Huge haul of drugs at Duba port

Saudi Customs seized 876,421 Captagon pills that were being smuggled into the Kingdom through Duba port. 
The pills were found Thursday stashed inside the wheels of a roadroller on a ferry that was inspected by customs officials.
General Manager of Duba Customs Ali Al-Atawi said that the roadroller arrived at the port on one of the ferries. Upon carrying out a routine check, customs officers found Captagon pills hidden in one of its wheels.
He said that necessary measures were taken and stressed the vital role Saudi Customs plays at all its land, air and sea entry points.
"They (customs employees) are always alert and prepared to deal with any attempt at smuggling drugs, to protect the state and its citizens," Al-Atawi said.
Duba port customs exert all efforts to prevent drug dealers and succeed in catching many smugglers, he said.
Customs officers were successful in catching a large hoard of Captagon pills — over 1 million pills — hidden in different shipments in September. They also found 47,000 Captagon pills in women’s clothing that same month, which only comes to prove these employees’ efficiency, a statement from Saudi Customs said.
The Kingdom has been exerting extensive efforts to combat and eliminate the spread of drugs, said Abdulillah bin Mohammed Al-Sharif, secretary-general of the National Committee for Combating Drugs (NEBRAS) and assistant director general of Combating Drugs for Preventative Affairs. 
He said pre-emptive strikes carried out by security and customs authorities have succeeded in controlling and preventing the spread of 128 million Captagon pills and 104 tons of hashish during the period in the past two years. Such success comes alongside other tremendous accomplishments in preventing gangs from promoting and smuggling drugs into the Kingdom, he said, noting the extensiveness of the program and the targeting of the Kingdom and its youth through drugs. 
He was speaking at the opening ceremony of a scientific forum as part of the prevention program in work environments, which was held at Prince Sultan Medical Military City in Riyadh on Wednesday. 
Al-Sharif said that the problem of drugs is one of the most pressing and dangerous due to its negative impact on the health of society, noting that the Kingdom is targeted via the smuggling of such abusive substances in an effort to harm youths and push them to be destructive in their home countries.

Source: Arab News