RIYADH: Lebanese authorities have foiled an attempt to smuggle 125 kilograms of cocaine with the help of the Saudi Ministry of Interior, the Saudi Press Agency reported on Tuesday.
The ministry’s security spokesman, Brig. Gen. Talal bin Abdul Mohsen bin Shalhoub, said Lebanese authorities, acting on information from Saudi Arabia’s Interior Ministry and monitoring the activities of drug-smuggling networks, had thwarted an attempt to smuggle the cocaine, which had been concealed in a shipment of vegetable oil containers.
The spokesman affirmed that the Kingdom continues to monitor, confront, and thwart criminal activities targeting the security of the Kingdom, its youth, and those of friendly countries through drugs.
