smugglers

Border guards in the Jazan and Asir regions thwarted attempts to smuggle 420kg of qat into the Kingdom, Saudi Press Agency reported on Wednesday. Preliminary legal procedures have been completed and the seized narcotics were handed to…
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Saudi border guards in Al-Daer, Jazan, have arrested eight Yemeni nationals for violating security law after they attempted to smuggle 160 kg of qat. Preliminary legal procedures have been completed and the seized consignment handed over to…
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An attempt to smuggle 43 kg of methamphetamine into the Kingdom has been thwarted, authorities said on Monday. The narcotics were found inside the fuel tank of a vehicle entering the country via Rub’ Al-Khali, the Zakat Port, Tax and…
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A man has been arrested in Uhud Al-Masariha Governorate, Jazan, for attempting to smuggle medically controlled drugs. The arrest was made by the Saudi General Directorate of Narcotics Control and following preliminary legal proceedings…
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The Tunisian coast guard said on Tuesday it had intercepted more than 2,500 migrants and arrested dozens of human smugglers following a major crackdown launched last weekend in the coastal region of Sfax, a main departure point for migrants…
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Afghans have seized control of people-smuggling operations into Britain via the English Channel this year, with previously dominant Kurdish and Albanian organized-crime gangs losing business, The Times reported on Wednesday. From January…
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Hundreds of African migrants have been rescued from smuggling gangs and scores of their captors arrested as part of a security operation in southern Yemen. Authorities in Lahij province on Saturday launched a coordinated security…
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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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Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni unveiled her right-wing government’s plans to crack down on people smugglers following a Cabinet meeting she led Thursday in the southern town near the beach where a wooden boat packed with migrants broke…
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Colombian authorities have rescued 31 turtles from smugglers who were transporting them in an illegal smuggling operation under cover of darkness. The authorities stopped a truck belonging to illegal black market smugglers, who were…
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