RIYADH: Authorities in Saudi Arabia thwarted an attempt to smuggle tens of thousands of amphetamine tablets in the capital, Riyadh, Saudi Press Agency reported on Wednesday. Spokesman for the General Directorate of Narcotics Control, Maj. Mohammed Al-Nujaidi, said that during a security follow-up of the drug smuggling and distribution networks targeting the Kingdom, officials seized 197,570 amphetamine tablets. They were in the possession of two Syrian residents and a Saudi national in Riyadh, he added. Al-Nujaidi said the operation was done in cooperation with the directorate’s counterpart agencies in Oman and the UAE, and in coordination with the Zakat, Tax and Customs Authority in the Kingdom. He also said that all three have been arrested, initial legal measures have been taken against them, and they have been referred to the Public Prosecution.