Press report: Saudi police foil smugglers trying to bring weapons from Yemen
Saudi Arabian border guards foiled an attempt to smuggle weapons, ammunitions and explosive material from southern neighbor Yemen, according to a press report published Saturday. Brig. Gen. Mohammed bin Abdel Rahman al-Zahrani, head of border guards of southern el-Saqam region, told the privately owned al-Watan daily that smugglers were caught at the Saudi border town of Akafa, about 800 kilometers (500 miles) south of the capital, Riyadh. Full Story