Jeddah, Dhu-AlHijjah 6, 1437, Sep 8, 2016, SPA -- Security authorities have managed to foil a number of attempts to smuggle many contraband items into the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia since the beginning of August 2016 until now. This was announced by the Security Spokesperson of the Ministry of Interior. He explained that the most notable attempt of smuggling illicit items into Saudi territories was an attempt to smuggle six (6) tons of Hashish. Among drugs seized with smugglers were two millions of amphetamine pills, more than 131,000 tablets subject to regulation of international medical trade and more than 11 kg of cocaine, in addition to more than four (4) kg of raw Shabu narcotic and 693 tons of Khat/Qat. --SPA 20:28 LOCAL TIME 17:28 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w