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.  
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An officer of the Directorate of Narcotics Control of Saudi Arabia's Interior Ministry empties a bag of tablets of captagon (Fenethylline) seized during a special operation in the Red Sea coastal city of Jeddah on March 1, 2022. - FAYEZ NURELDINE/AFP via Getty Images
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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. 

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