JEDDAH: Customs officials at King Abdulaziz International Airport prevented attempts to smuggle 24,875 tablets of Captagon and 3,061 kilograms of “Shabu,” also known as methamphetamine.
Authorities also seized 30 bottles of alcohol.
Customs Director General at King Abdulaziz International Airport, Bandar Al-Rahili, said five different smuggling attempts were thwarted during standard passenger screening inspections.
On one incoming flight to the Kingdom, a customs controller suspected a passenger’s travel bag and found a total of 16,555 Captagon tablets, also know as Fenethylline, wrapped in carbon-blue paper, packaged in newspapers and placed under clothing.
On a separate flight, 8,320 Captagon tablets were found hidden inside the base of a passenger’s bag.
Al-Rahili added that two other attempts were thwarted in the same way.
1,579kg of “Shabu” was seized in the first attempt and 1,482kg was seized in the second, both of which were hidden inside two bags containing sweets.
The 30 bottles of alcohol were found hidden inside four bags.The necessary action has been taken.
