The Director of Public Security, Lieutenant General Mohammed bin Abdullah Al-Bassami, underscored the Saudi security agencies’ heavy-handed approach against illicit drugs traffickers and dealers and their determination to deal with resolve and force the targeting of Saudi young people and to our borders and any attempt to destabilize national security.
Delivering a speech on the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, Al-Bassami explained that the world is going through rapid transformations at all levels, bringing new cross-border criminal methods, mainly illicit drug trafficking. He described drug misuse and abuse as the reason behind the majority of crimes committed, be they unlawful, financial, or even intellectual.
Al-Bassami called for intensified cooperation at the international level to improve and improvise innovative policing approaches to address transnational illicit drug trade, employing modern artificial intelligence (AI) technologies to monitor drug traffickers and bring them to justice.
He also noted that the Kingdom has exerted tremendous efforts in protecting society from the illicit drug trade, citing in this regard the “tangible” positive outcomes of the security campaigns and the intensified crackdown against drug traffickers and dealers.
Al-Bassami called on citizens and all segments of society to be vigilant, exercise caution against the illicit drug trade, and support the security bodies’ efforts to eradicate drug trafficking and protect young people and society.
Source: Saudi Press Agency