Saudi Arabia seizes 4.6 million amphetamine pills in bathroom shipment
A Jordanian national was apprehended in Jeddah while receiving the amphetamine shipment hidden in ceramic toilets, sinks and washbasins.
DUBAI — Saudi Arabian authorities have foiled a plot to smuggle about 4.6 million amphetamine pills in shipments of ceramic toilets, sinks, and washbasins, they announced Wednesday,
A Jordanian national was apprehended while receiving the shipment in the Red Sea City of Jeddah in Saudi Arabia’s western Hejaz region, reported the kingdom’s government news agency SPA. A monetary value was not attributed to the 4,693,000 pills.
Amphetamines are classified as stimulant drugs that speed up messages sent to and from the brain and the body, and are used to treat conditions like attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and narcolepsy. They are highly addictive and dangerous.
Fenethylline, better known as Captagon, is a synthetic amphetamine-type stimulant illegally sold in consumer markets across the Arabian Peninsula. The SPA report did not specify whether the 4.6 million amphetamine pills announced today from the Jeddah bust were Captagon.
