Authorities foil bid to smuggle large amount of narcotics

RIYADH (KUNA) -- Saudi border guards have aborted a bid to smuggle 233 kilograms of narcotics by smugglers who attempted to bring the banned materials in on foot through the southern mountainuous region of Nejran,.

The prince of the region, Prince Mehsaal Bin Abdel Aziz, said in a press statement on MOnday that the authorities would spare no efforts in tracking down smugglers and foiling schemes to smuggle drugs into the country.

Major General Abdullah Al-Ghamdi, the commander of the border guards in Nejran, said the border patrols spotted foot prints of a group of people heading from the southern part of the region. After tracking them down, the squad engaged the band in a gunfight, arrested them and seized 233 kg of hashish in their possession. (end) ud.