The United Nations applauded Saudi Arabia for its stringent measures to combat drug trafficking and abuse, according to the Kingdom’s Anti-Narcotics Commission.
The Commission said that Saudi Arabia was rated third in the world by the United Nations Office for Drug and Crime in terms of the strength of its network of law-enforcement agencies.
Reports published in the local press said that the “Saudi anti-narcotics apparatus has been rated the third strongest in the world,” according to UN certification. “The Kingdom has recently intensified efforts to combat drug trafficking and misuse of drugs,” said a press statement released by the Commission.
“The Kingdom is among the countries with the lowest level of drug consumption, principally because of the implementation of (Islamic) Shariah law,” the Commission said. “The death penalty imposed by the Kingdom on traffickers has largely discouraged them to bring drugs into this country,” said Commission official, Lt. Col. Abdul Razzaq Al-Zahrani, in a report published in the local press.
Source: SPA
