Staff Writer for the Arab Press
One of the biggest drug dealers in Saudi Arabia, 43-year-old Jaza Al-Ruwaili, spoke to the press recently about his experiences after he decided to end his dealing career and mend his ways. His departure from the scene caused major financial losses to other drug dealers. On an average, he used to distribute more than 200,000 speed pills a month and that he both used and distributed drugs for 28 years, Al-Ruwaili told Al-Watan daily recently. He was arrested many times and spent one year in jail the last time. As the local middleman, he would receive imported drugs from big dealers and distribute them to the street level and small-time vendors in the Kingdom.
| Good thing he wasn't a Pak, huh? They'd have cut his head off... |
When he was finally caught, anti-drug officials found him in possession of more than more than 30 tablets of âspeedâ. The officials offered him a deal â his cooperation in exchange for his release. As a result of Al-Ruwailiâs information, police were able to seize more than 35,000 pills from other dealers, the paper said. Al-Ruwaili told the police that most drugs come from outside Saudi Arabia but that he only sold to drug dealers inside the Kingdom. He admits to dealing in a variety of drugs, but described the worst as tablets of âspeedâ mixed with heroin. These, he said, originally came from Germany concealed in packing crates, but later other competing sources â Turkey, Israel and Iran â provided a steady stream. |