Saudi Arabia seizes 4.6 million amphetamine pills in bathroom shipment
A Jordanian national was apprehended in Jeddah while receiving the amphetamine shipment hidden in ceramic toilets, sinks and washbasins.
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DUBAI — Saudi Arabian authorities have foiled a plot to smuggle about 4.6 million amphetamine pills in shipments of ceramic toilets, sinks, and washbasins, they announced Wednesday,
A Jordanian national was apprehended while receiving the shipment in the Red Sea City of Jeddah in Saudi Arabia’s western Hejaz region, reported the kingdom’s government news agency SPA. A monetary value was not attributed to the 4,693,000 pills.
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