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New Attempt to Flood Saudi Arabia with Captagon Thwarted.. Via the Red Sea
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The huge seized quantity confirms smuggling gangs' continued attempts to target the Kingdom, necessitating tightened control over maritime ports
Saudi security agencies successfully thwarted a massive Captagon drug smuggling operation, seizing more than 2.4 million pills that were carefully hidden in a commercial shipment.
The Saudi Press Agency reported that the seizure took place at Jeddah Islamic Port on the Red Sea coast, where specialized inspection teams discovered the drugs while examining one of the shipments arriving in the Kingdom.
This operation is part of a series of continuous security successes in combating drug smuggling, especially Captagon pills, for which Syria is considered the main source in the region.
This achievement comes within the framework of the Kingdom's continuous efforts to combat drug trade and smuggling, implementing a comprehensive strategy that combines strengthening border control and developing detection and inspection capabilities.
International estimates indicate that the Captagon trade has become a major source of funding for the Syrian regime and its militias, which explains the increase in smuggling attempts toward Gulf countries.
Security experts confirm that smugglers continuously innovate new methods to conceal drugs, requiring constant updating of detection and monitoring methods at Saudi maritime ports.
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