SARAT ABIDAH: The Security Control Center in Al-Jawah, in Sarat Abidah governorate in Asir, arrested a Nepalese resident carrying 890 kilograms of the stimulant khat, hidden inside a truck he was driving. He has been arrested. Legal procedures have been taken against him and he has been referred to relevant authorities. Earlier this month, authorities foiled two attempts to smuggle more than 2.4 million Captagon pills into the Kingdom. The pills were found hidden in consignments received at Jeddah Islamic Port and the Empty Quarter Port. Authorities at the Empty Quarter Port seized 1,213,378 Captagon pills. In the second attempt at Jeddah Islamic Port, authorities seized 1,215,353 pills hidden in a cement shipment. The pills had a combined street value of between $24 million and $60 million based on figures published in the International Addiction Review journal. The authority said that after confiscating the drugs, coordination with the General Directorate of Narcotics Control led to the swift arrest of six drug smugglers. It stressed that it is continuing to tighten customs controls around the Kingdom’s imports and exports, and is conducting round-the-clock operations to prevent drug smuggling in order to continue to enhance the security of the community — and the Kingdom — by reducing the entry of contraband into Saudi Arabia.