Jizan, Sha'ban 12, 1438, May 08, 2017, SPA -- The Border Guard's spokesman Colonel Saher bin Mohammed Al-Harbi said that border guards in the southern regions (Jazan, Najran and Asir) succeeded during the period 4-10 / 8 / 1438H in thwarting several attempts to smuggle quantities of cannabis. Persons coming from the Yemen were detected while trying to enter illegally across the southern regions (Jazan, Najran and Asir) to carry out their intentions in smuggling narcotic substances aimed at the destruction of our people, which necessitated dealing with them as required by the situation with full force and strength. This resulted in the arrest of 9 persons of Ethiopian nationality and 4 Saudi nationals and the seized items in their possession totaled (591.65) five hundred and ninety-one kilograms and sixty-five grams of cannabis, and security measures with regard to the persons and seizures were taken in cooperation with other security authorities. --SPA 22:28 LOCAL TIME 19:28 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w396011