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| Yemen Seizes Stash of Drugs on Way to Saudi Arabia |
| 2013-03-08 |
| [Yemen Post] Yemeni security authorities thwarted on Wednesday an attempt to smuggle 9000 pills of Captagon drugs into 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 in the western port city of Hodeida and the main suspect Ali Abdullah Al-Sarhi, 29 years old, has been tossed in the slammer Drop the rod and step away witcher hands up! , it said. The pills were concealed inside boxes and a wedding dress which were put inside a parcel, it said, pointing out that the drugs were shipped onboard one of the buses of Bin Muammar Company for Land Transport. Since the unrest started here in early 2011, the trade in drugs and weapons has thrived in Yemen, which observers say has become a transit hub and a good market for weapons and drugs in recent years. The authorities have seized many stashes of drugs and several arms cargoes just as the country is struggling to return the situation to normal after the unrest. Separately, unknown gunnies assassinated Wednesday a security officer in the eastern province of Hadramout ...the formerly independent Qu'aiti state and sultanate, annexed by Communist South Yemen in 1968, encompassing a region along the Gulf of Aden, extending eastwards to the borders of the Dhofar region of Oman. The people are called Hadhramis and speak Hadhrami Arabic. The city Tarimis estimated to contain the highest concentration of descendants of the Prophet Muhammad (PTUI) anywhere in the world, approximately seven in every square yard... where many key military and coppers have been targeted since last year, the ministry said. Yasir Muhammad Hamdain was rubbed out by criminal elements in the Qatn town in the Hadramout valley, it said, quoting a local security source as saying "the gunnies were onboard a pickup and bravely ran away before the authorities arrived at the killing site". Hamdain worked for the supply department of the provincial security authority and a hunt has been launched for the perpetrators, it continued. |
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