RIYADH: Saudi Customs arrested 30,000 citizens of forty two countries, who attempted to smuggle drugs into the kingdom, in a single year out of 47,487 traffickers.
Custom Officer said the apprehended smugglers included 80 unidentified people and 104 expatriates living in the Kingdom. The smugglers hailed from 19 African countries and 23 other neighboring Asian and Arab countries.
The Yemenis accounted for the second largest group of drug traffickers, with 7,688 arrested in one year.
The department said a total of 2,763 cases of drug smuggling attempts were registered against 80 unidentified persons while 104 expatriates were caught in connection with 91 drug cases.
In 2009 a total of 30,999 cases were registered. This was a figure superseded in 2013, which witnessed 35,695 cases.
