Arab diplomatic dispute sparked by alleged Xanax smuggling

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Quoted from Reuters:

Saudi Arabia said on Saturday it had recalled its ambassador from Egypt "for consultations" and closed its embassy and consulates in the country for security reasons after protests against the kingdom's arrest of an Egyptian lawyer.

Demonstrations outside the Saudi embassy in Cairo had grown in recent days over the arrest of Ahmed El-Gezawi upon his arrival at Jeddah airport on April 17.

On Friday around 1,000 protesters demonstrated outside the mission, demanding the release of Gezawi and other Egyptians held in Saudi jails, witnesses said.

The Saudi embassy on Tuesday said he had been arrested for possession of more than 21,000 pills of the anxiety drug Xanax, which is banned in Saudi Arabia.

The Saudi daily Okaz reported on Saturday that he had smuggled the pills inside bottles of infant milk formula and boxes intended to hold the Quran.

Activists in Cairo, including Gezawi's wife, said early in the week that the lawyer was detained when he arrived for pilgrimage after being sentenced in absentia to a year in prison and 20 lashes for insulting King Abdullah.

[Loubitan]

Quoted from Reuters:

Saudi Arabia said on Saturday it had recalled its ambassador from Egypt "for consultations" and closed its embassy and consulates in the country for security reasons after protests against the kingdom's arrest of an Egyptian lawyer.

Demonstrations outside the Saudi embassy in Cairo had grown in recent days over the arrest of Ahmed El-Gezawi upon his arrival at Jeddah airport on April 17.

On Friday around 1,000 protesters demonstrated outside the mission, demanding the release of Gezawi and other Egyptians held in Saudi jails, witnesses said.

The Saudi embassy on Tuesday said he had been arrested for possession of more than 21,000 pills of the anxiety drug Xanax, which is banned in Saudi Arabia.

The Saudi daily Okaz reported on Saturday that he had smuggled the pills inside bottles of infant milk formula and boxes intended to hold the Quran.

Activists in Cairo, including Gezawi's wife, said early in the week that the lawyer was detained when he arrived for pilgrimage after being sentenced in absentia to a year in prison and 20 lashes for insulting King Abdullah.

What on God's green earth was the ambassador doing with 21,000 xanax pills. I thought his middle east job was stressful, but this poor guy must be really under pressure! Poor thing.

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I can't imagine being in Egypt or Saudi with a goodly supply of xanax at the very least! . . . maybe not 21,000 pills though.

[Cgreen]

21,000 could supply a small country! I'm not even sure how you would store that much. But I guess he probably has a really big house!

[Stillgoingstrong]

LOL, my guess is there is much more going on. A status of being a diplomat is literally like being given a passport to travel in the fast lane.

[smokinjoe]

@Loubitan , there goes my source. joe

[sambob]

That's about what I usually have in my safe, you never know, the end is near...

[LiquidOrgasm]

21,000 is about the right number, sometimes at night I like to fill up my bathtub and bathe in them, let them wiggle their way into all sorts of places I wasn't aware I had.....ohhh yeah.

[Michaelhandsome]

i thought they didnt have the right to do shit with anyone having diplomatic status. i suppose i was very wrong indeed. 21 000 xanax...hmmm...lets vote to have it equally shared between the members of this forum