Border Guard patrols foil an attempt to smuggle Hashish in

Najran, Saudi Arabia, December 11 , SPA -- Border Guard patrols
foiled recently an attempt to smuggle a quantity of hashish at Al
Mufjah center here after exchanging fire with a group of smugglers.


Commander of border guards of Najran region, Major General Mohammad
bin Abdul Rahman Al-Zahrani, stated that one of the patrols operating
at the center of Mufjah spotted a group of people trying to trespass
borders by under covering from the sights of the border patrols.

Al-Zahrani added that when the smugglers sensed that they were
spotted, they opened fire at members of the patrol, who responded by
firing at those people who fled from the scene and returned to their
original destination, leaving behind a quantity of hashish, weighing
22 kilograms. The Hashish has been seized. A formal action will be
undertaken in this regard.


--SPA