592,000 drug pills seized

TABUK — The Border Guard seized 592,000 amphetamine pills. Border Guard spokesman Col. Saher Al-Harbi said the guards found two barrels by the shore. When they opened the barrels, 592,000 amphetamine pills were found inside. Four arrested for assault TAIF — Four men allegedly beat up another man in his 30s after forcibly taking him to a deserted place. Makkah Police spokesman Col. Ati Al-Qurashi said the victim worked as a security guard at a store. On the day of the incident, he left his workplace at 4:00 p.m. He met on the way home a vehicle with a driver and a passenger inside. One of the two had threatened to kill him a week earlier and the victim had reported the threat to the police. The victim said he did not know the two and had no idea about their motive to harm him. On the day of the incident, the two men asked him to get into their vehicle and said they would drop him home. The victim complied but they drove him to a deserted area in Al-Sihaili District where they beat him up. Two more men joined the assault. Then they dropped him at his house and threatened to kill him again. The assailants had also called the victim’s father and told him that his son was in a car accident and his face had hit the side mirror of their car. The victim is currently recovering in hospital. The police managed to identify and arrest the assailants — three Saudis and one Arab expatriate. Gang vandalizes ATM JOUF — A gang of unidentified individuals vandalized an ATM by hauling it out on Tuesday. Jouf Police spokesman Capt. Yazid Al-Nowmas said the police received reports on Tuesday from a gas station that its ATM was hauled out of its location. The incident happened at a gas station in Al-Ridaifah Village in Doumat Al-Jandal governorate. The police then found the ATM completely shattered with the money compartment intact. Investigations are ongoing to identify the culprits.