Saudi Arabian authorities have arrested three pilgrims from Kwara
for alleged possession of substance suspected to be cocaine.
Hajia Fatima Abolore-Jimoh, the Executive
Secretary, Kwara Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board, confirmed the arrest on
Wednesday from Saudi Arabia).
She said the three pilgrims, who
were among the first batch of 505 Pilgrims from Kwara, were arrested in
Madinnah by Saudi Arabia security operatives.
The executive
secretary, who did not disclose the identities of the three suspects,
said they were still in the custody of Saudi Arabian authorities.
Abolore-Jimoh said the Saudi Arabian law would certainly take its course on the three suspected drug traffickers.
She
described the arrest as unfortunate and painful in spite of several
appeals to them to be good ambassadors of Kwara and Nigeria.
The
executive secretary said that other pilgrims from the state were still
in Madinnah, hale, healthy and in good spirit in spite of the
unfortunate incident.
The penalty for drug trafficking in Saudi Arabia is death by beheading.
PM News
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