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11 drug dealers carrying weapons arrested in Sakaka 

May 02, 2023
The security patrols in Al-Jouf region have arrested, on Tuesday, 11 drug dealers who were also carrying out weapons and ammunition in Sakaka.
The security patrols in Al-Jouf region have arrested, on Tuesday, 11 drug dealers who were also carrying out weapons and ammunition in Sakaka.

Saudi Gazette report

SAKAKA — The security patrols in Al-Jouf region have arrested, on Tuesday, 11 drug dealers who were also carrying out weapons and ammunition in Sakaka.

The accused, who are 11 Pakistani nationals in addition to one Saudi citizen, were attempting to sell narcotics.

They also took a popular house equipped with surveillance cameras as their shelter.

The patrols said that they have seized from the defendants methamphetamine, narcotic hashish, tablets subject to the regulation of medical circulation, and several kinds of contraband.

The patrols, in addition, apprehended mobile phones, two firearms, ammunition, white weapons and sums of money.

The legal measures were taken against the accused, then they were referred to the competent authority.

The patrols called in citizens and residents to report all the drug smuggling attempts or drug promotion through the communication means designated for that.


May 02, 2023
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