47,000 captagon pills in female dresses

Saudi airport customs authorities foiled an attempt to smuggle more than 47,000 captagon pills concealed inside women’s dresses.

Sabq newspaper said the pills were discovered in three separate dress shipments sent through couriers at King Khalil Airport in the capital Riyadh.

“These shipments carried fake names to mislead the customs. They were concealed expertly inside the dresses but were all found and confiscated,” it said, quoting airport customs director Sultan Al Fuhaid.

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