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| Yemen Seizes Stash on Way to Saudi Kingdom |
| 2012-09-09 |
| [Yemen Post] The border guard in western Yemen seized on Saturday 300 kg of hashish that smugglers had planned to sell in the kingdom of Soddy Arabia ...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in their national face... , the interior ministry reported. The stash was seized on the Thu Hirab island in the Midi district, it said, pointing out that the hashish quantities were concealed inside 6 bags. Two Æthiopian smugglers were cooled for a few years Please don't kill me! , it said, adding that the two and the hashish were given to the army battalion in the Luhaya district as a prelude to hand them over to the police in Hodeida province, the ministry added. In recent years, Yemen has been as a transit hub to smuggle drugs coming from other countries including Pakistain and Iran to Gulf countries. Earlier this year, the authorities destroyed tonnes of drugs worth millions of US dollars that were seized last year. In the past few years, tens of smugglers including Yemenis, Africans, Iranians and Paks were cooled for a few years Please don't kill me! in some Yemeni cities while trading in and smuggling drugs. Some of them went on trials and received sentences including death ones. |
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