RIYADH: In two separate operations, officers from the Kingdom’s Border Guard in Jazan have thwarted attempts to smuggle a total of 320 kg of qat into the country, the Saudi Press Agency reported on Tuesday. One of the operations included the arrest of three Ethiopian nationals for allegedly attempting to smuggle 80 kg of qat. The three suspects also face charges of violating border security regulations. In Al-Ardah, a sector in Jazan, land patrols thwarted the smuggling of 240 kilograms of qat.