Customs officers in Saudi Arabia’s northwestern city of Al Haditha seized a large consignment of Captagon pills, known as jihadist drugs. Saudi zakat, tax, and customs officials reported that more than 450,000 Captagon tablets are being brought into the country via vegetable trucks.
This is the biggest-ever seizure of jihadi drugs in Saudi Arabia. Earlier in 2019, 274000 Jihadi drugs or Captagon pills were seized in the neighboring UAE. Saudi Arabia claims that these bullets were being brought to Saudi Arabia via Lebanon and Syria.
The agency reported on Twitter that Al Haditha customs prevented two attempts to smuggle more than 450,000 Captagon pills. These were found in trucks coming to the state. In addition to the smugglers, two people who received Captagon in Saudi Arabia were also detained, the statement said.
In April, Saudi Arabia’s Directorate of Narcotics Control foiled an attempt to smuggle more than 12 million amphetamine tablets into crates of pomegranates. Saudi Arabia said in 2021 that it was going to ban the import of Lebanese fruits and vegetables because most of the medicines in the country come from Lebanon and Syria.