Two Pakistanis among eight held in Saudi Arabia's 'biggest' drug bust
An handout picture released by the Saudi Interior Ministry on August 31, 2022, shows handcuffed suspects and bags of amphetamine pills on display at a warehouse in a undisclosed location. — AFP Saudi authorities seize 47mn amphetamine pills while thwarting smuggling bid. Six Syrians, two Pakistanis among arrested for trafficking pills, concealed in a flour shipment. State media describes it as largest ever drug trafficking operation in kingdom. RIYADH: Saudi officers thwarted an attempt to smuggle 47 million amphetamine pills into the country, state media reported Wednesday, describing it as the largest ever drug trafficking operation in the kingdom. Two Pakistanis and six Syrians were arrested in a raid after the pills, concealed in a flour shipment, arrived at a dry port in the capital Riyadh and were taken to a warehouse, the Saudi Press Agency said. A spokesman for the Saudi General Directorate of Narcotics Control said it was the "biggest operation of its kind to