RIYADH (Reuters) - Saudi Arabian police have arrested six people and seized illegal drugs worth 1 billion riyals (159 million pounds) that were being smuggled into the country from neighbouring Bahrain, the Interior Ministry said on Sunday.
Spokesman Major General Mansour Turki said five Saudi citizens and one Bahraini had been detained in the operation after police uncovered 22.6 million amphetamine pills hidden inside coils of barbed wire and rolls of plastic.
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