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Saudi Authorities Foil Attempt to Smuggle 4 Million Captagon Pills Through Land Port

Previous operation by authorities in Saudi Arabia where it foiled an attempt to smuggle captagon pills. (SPA)
Previous operation by authorities in Saudi Arabia where it foiled an attempt to smuggle captagon pills. (SPA)
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Saudi Authorities Foil Attempt to Smuggle 4 Million Captagon Pills Through Land Port

Previous operation by authorities in Saudi Arabia where it foiled an attempt to smuggle captagon pills. (SPA)
Previous operation by authorities in Saudi Arabia where it foiled an attempt to smuggle captagon pills. (SPA)

Saudi security authorities have foiled an attempt to smuggle more than four million Captagon tablets through Al-Batha land crossing.

In a statement on Friday, the Zakat, Tax and Customs Authority said up to 4,152,000 tablets were found hidden in a consignment shipped into the Kingdom via Al-Batha.

The report said three people were arrested and referred to the prosecution authorities.

Earlier in March, Saudi authorities also foiled an attempt to smuggle over 2,015,116 captagon pills hidden in containers shaped as tomatoes and pomegranates.

The tablets were found during a routine inspection of one of the vehicles entering Al-Wadiah port.

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Russia’s Putin Discusses US-Iran Nuclear Talks with Sultan of Oman

Sultan of Oman Haitham bin Tariq al-Said (L) and Russian President Vladimir Putin shake hands during a signing ceremony following their meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, 22 April 2025. (EPA/Kristina Kormilitsyna / Sputnik / Kremlin)
Sultan of Oman Haitham bin Tariq al-Said (L) and Russian President Vladimir Putin shake hands during a signing ceremony following their meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, 22 April 2025. (EPA/Kristina Kormilitsyna / Sputnik / Kremlin)
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Russia’s Putin Discusses US-Iran Nuclear Talks with Sultan of Oman

Sultan of Oman Haitham bin Tariq al-Said (L) and Russian President Vladimir Putin shake hands during a signing ceremony following their meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, 22 April 2025. (EPA/Kristina Kormilitsyna / Sputnik / Kremlin)
Sultan of Oman Haitham bin Tariq al-Said (L) and Russian President Vladimir Putin shake hands during a signing ceremony following their meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, 22 April 2025. (EPA/Kristina Kormilitsyna / Sputnik / Kremlin)

Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed Iran's nuclear program on Tuesday with the visiting leader of Oman, Sultan Haitham bin Tariq al-Said, a Kremlin official was quoted as saying.

Oman has been mediating between Iran and the United States as President Donald Trump seeks an agreement that would curb Iran's nuclear program, which Washington believes is aimed at developing a nuclear weapon.

"We discussed the progress of negotiations between Iranian and American representatives," Interfax quoted Kremlin foreign policy aide Yury Ushakov as saying.

"We will see what the result will be. We maintain close contact with our Iranian colleagues. Where we can, we help."

Trump has threatened to bomb Iran unless a deal is reached; Iran denies seeking atomic weapons. Russia signed a strategic partnership treaty with Iran in January and is also trying to improve relations with the Trump administration.

Moscow has a role in nuclear talks with Iran as a signatory to a previous nuclear deal that Trump abandoned during his first term in 2018. Russia has said any US military action against Iran would be illegal.

In televised comments, Putin was shown telling the sultan that Russian energy companies were interested in developing relations with Oman.

It was the second time in less than a week that Putin has met face-to-face with a Middle Eastern leader, following a visit by the emir of Qatar on April 17. Iran's foreign minister visited last week.