Iranian Killed as Saudis Fire on Drugs Traffickers
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One Iranian was killed and another wounded in an exchange of fire between Saudi coastguards and a boat containing drugs smugglers, the official SPA news agency reported on Monday.
It said the clash took place on Friday when the coastguards intercepted a vessel with three Iranians and a Saudi on board that was attempting to run drugs into the kingdom off the Eastern Province.
A spokesman for border guards in the province said one Iranian was killed and the other three suspects, including a wounded Iranian, were arrested.
He said their 500-kilogram (1,100 pounds) cargo of hashish was seized.
