Saudi customs at Jeddah Islamic Port foiled an attempt to smuggle a large quantity of Captagon pills, amounting to more than 5.3 million pills, hidden in the consignment of "pomegranate" fruit imported from Lebanon.

The Undersecretary of the General Authority for Security Affairs, Muhammad bin Ali Al-Naim, explained that according to the criteria of danger, the consignment that was on its way from "Lebanon" to the Kingdom was targeted, and upon its arrival at the port, Saudi Customs managed to find (5,383,400) Captagon pills hidden inside a fruit consignment. "Pomegranate", whereby this large quantity of Captagon pills was hidden in an artistic way inside the "pomegranate fruits".

Al-Naim indicated that after controlling the contraband, the coordination process was completed with the General Directorate for Narcotics Control to take measures to ensure the arrest of the recipients of this quantity, and with the grace of God, the recipient was caught in the Kingdom.