Guards on
Saudi Arabia’s southern border with Yemen have killed two Ethiopians trying to
smuggle drugs and alcohol into the kingdom, the official SPA news agency
reported.
The
agency said late Saturday that another three smugglers were wounded and four
police were slightly hurt in a firefight.
Citing a
spokesman for Saudi security forces, it said the incident in a mountainous area
of Asir province came after the smugglers opened fire on border guards trying
to arrest them.
The Saudi
authorities often announce the seizure of drugs in a country where people
convicted of smuggling narcotics are beheaded by the sword.
At the
end of November, the interior ministry said that more than 41 million
amphetamine pills had been seized over the previous 12 months.
Between
February and September, around 1,600 Saudis and foreigners had been arrested in
drugs-related cases, it added.
- Vanguard News
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