MT Desk: Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Interior Prince Abdulaziz bin Saud bin Naif bin Abdulaziz met with Kuwait’s First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior of Kuwait Sheikh Talal Khaled Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah.
During the meeting, the ministers discussed means of enhancing the ongoing security cooperation between the the interior ministries of the two countries.
They also discussed topics of mutual concern.
Meanwhile, Saudi Arabia’s Zakat Tax and Customs Authority thwarted an attempt to smuggle 403 g of heroin and other narcotics in the form of 2,500 pills at the Al-Batha border crossing on Thursday.
In a statement, ZATCA said the drugs were found hidden in a truck during a routine inspection.
The Saudi government has urged anyone with information related to suspected smuggling operations or customs violations to call the confidential hotline 1910, the international number 00 966 114208417, or to send an email to 1910@zatca.gov.sa.
Reports notifying the authorities of suspected cases of drug smuggling are treated with strict confidentiality.
Financial rewards are offered for tipoffs leading to arrests.
Earlier, Saudi aid agency KSrelief, in cooperation with the World Health Organization, launched an oxygen station at a hospital in Yemen’s Abyan governate.
The station will produce 72 cylinders of oxygen a day with 40-liter capacity each at ShahidMehnefHospital, the Saudi Press Agency reported.
The project is part of the medical aid that Saudi Arabia has sent to Yemen in support of the healthcare sector in the war-stricken country. The Kingdom’s aid plan to Yemen is worth more than $2 million.
“The project aims at ensuring a constant supply of oxygen to hospitals in Yemen’s Hadramout, Shabwa, Marib, and Abyan governorates,” read an SPA statement.
Yemen’s Health Ministry also received medical supplies and equipment for the intensive care and emergency departments at Marib GeneralHospital and KaraGeneralHospital in Marib.
Meanwhile, KSrelief’s aid efforts have continued in other countries. People affected by floods in Pakistan’s Punjab province received shelter bags, and KSrelief distributed boxes of dates for 12,500 Syrian refugees in Lebanon’s Beqaa governorate.
