Major General Mansour Al-Turki, Security Spokesman of the Ministry of Interior, today confirmed that the ministry has strenuously exerted great efforts to dismantle plans to smuggle drugs into the Kingdom and foil them before drugs being sent across the border. In a press statement, Al-Turki said the ministry is aware of plans being designed outside the Kingdom to smuggle drugs into the Kingdom and accordingly spares no effort to execute successful pre-emptive plans to foil them while in their early phases. He lauded cooperation with anti-drug authorities in a number of friendly countries to fight the phenomenon. He said the Kingdom reached understanding with several world authorities that our religious occasions, particularly Hajj and Umrah, would not be exploited to bring drugs into the country. Al-Turki paid tribute to the vigilance of Saudi security men and customs authorities who were successful to discover well-hidden quantities of drugs on their way across the border. He underscored the importance of social contribution to the anti-drug drive together with illumination and preventive campaigns to help lessen the danger of the plague.
