Saudi authorities arrest foreigners for drug offenses

RIYADH: The Kingdom’s authorities arrested several foreign nationals across the country this week for drug offenses, the Saudi Press Agency reported on Tuesday. Security patrols in Asir region arrested two Sudanese residents for possessing 16 kg of qat in Al-Farsha governorate. In addition, the General Directorate of Narcotics Control arrested two Bangladeshi residents in the Eastern Province for selling methamphetamine, also known as shabu. Meanwhile, border guard land patrols in the Ad-Daer sector in Jazan arrested three Ethiopian nationals for smuggling 73,500 unregulated medical tablets.

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