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Trade exchange between Saudi Arabia and Kuwait is set to increase further with the completion of their land customs technical connectivity project. The completion of the project was revealed on Monday during the second meeting of the two…
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Libyan authorities have arrested several customs officials for attempting to traffic abroad about 26 tons of gold worth almost 1.8 billion euros ($1.9 billion), prosecutors said. The Libyan prosecutor’s office did not detail the…
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The Zakat, Tax, and Customs Authority issued new regulatory guidelines to streamline customs procedures, the Saudi Press Agency reported on Friday. The guidelines aim to clarify the workings of the customs system, and educate clients,…
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Two people were arrested on Sunday after the Jeddah port customs seized 2.2 million Captagon tablets smuggled in baklava boxes. The drugs were discovered hidden under trays of the sweet baklava pastry. Saudi authorities said they will…
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Cairo International Airport customs officers arrested two foreign passengers, from Lebanon and Spain, who had attempted to smuggle ivory and drugs, respectively, into the country. In the first case, customs officers manually inspected…
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The Saudi Zakat, Tax and Customs Authority has thwarted an attempt to smuggle 130,635 Captagon pills at Al-Hadithah Port. The pills were found hidden in a shipment that arrived in the Kingdom through the port. The authority said that the…
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Dubai Customs has helped Japanese customs authorities in intercepting 700 kilograms of methamphetamine powder, Emirates News Agency reported The massive quantity of drugs, estimated to be worth $310 million, was discovered hidden on a…
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Customs authorities at Cairo International Airport in Egypt said they had thwarted multiple attempts to smuggle gold into the country. In one incident, a passenger who had flown into the city from N’Djamena in Chad was found in…
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Customs officers at Borg El-Arab International Airport in Alexandria thwarted an attempt to smuggle 13 antique metal pieces into Egypt dating back to the Greco-Roman era (332 BC–395 AD), hidden in the baggage of a Libyan passenger arriving…
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Human societies have passed customs and traditions that are reprehensible and beyond logic and common sense. One of these is the tradition of the "first night" that prevailed in Europe in the Middle Ages. In that feudal period, the…
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