Riyadh: The Ministry of Interior's security spokesman Brigadier General Talal Al-Shalhoub announced that, as part of proactive security monitoring targeting criminal networks involved in drug trafficking, and based on information shared by the ministry, represented by the General Directorate of Narcotics Control, with its counterpart in Lebanon, Lebanese authorities successfully foiled an attempt to smuggle 17.45 kilograms of cocaine and 11.2 kilograms of ecstasy concealed inside a vehicle arriving from another country.
According to Saudi Press Agency, the spokesman praised the effective cooperation between the Saudi and Lebanese authorities in tracking and seizing the narcotics, stressing that the Kingdom remains committed to monitoring, confronting, and dismantling drug smuggling operations and bringing those involved to justice.