Saudi customs foil attempt to smuggle 1.95 million amphetamine pills hidden in lentil shipment

RIYADH — Saudi customs authorities at Al-Haditha border crossing thwarted an attempt to smuggle 1,950,581 amphetamine pills into the Kingdom after discovering the drugs concealed in a shipment of lentils aboard an incoming truck.Zakat, Tax and Customs Authority (ZATCA) spokesman Hamoud Al-Harbi said the pills were discovered after the truck underwent customs procedures and was inspected using security technologies and detection methods.The drugs had been concealed inside a shipment declared a...

By Saudi Gazette