Pilgrim seized with 2 kg of heroin in Saudi

Saudi authorities arrested an Ethiopian pilgrim for possessing two kg of heroin found hidden in his baggage at the airport, the press reported on Tuesday.
 
Customs men searching the man’s luggage found the drugs wrapped in two plastic bags inside his clothes, Okaz said.
 
Hundreds of thousands of Moslems have started to flock to Saudi Arabia for their annual haj (pilgrimage) next week.

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