The Director of the General Department of Drug Control in the Security Belt Forces, Lieutenant Colonel Mayas Haidara Al-Jaadani, called on all citizens and imams of mosques to cooperate with the Drug Control Department in the Security Belt, and to report the sites and dens of the dealers, in order to preserve the youth and generations of the south, which is considered to be a scourge. Drugs are one of the threats to their lives.

Lieutenant Colonel Mayas said, during his speech today at the Dar Al-Hadith Center in Al-Fayyoush in Lahj Governorate, that: “Drugs have become a real danger to our country.”

He pointed out that: “The risks resulting from the spread of the drug phenomenon are very great, stressing that: “The targeted group is the youth group, especially those in their teenage years, specifically from the ages of (18) to (25) years,” warning that targeting this group This category is a real threat to generations.”

Lieutenant Colonel Mayas added that: “Some drug dealers use girls in the drug trafficking process, and most of them were caught red-handed and were placed in the central prison.”

He noted that: “The legal penalty for a drug user is a prison sentence for (5) years, while the penalty for a drug dealer is (25) years.”

Colonel Mayas stressed, at the conclusion of his speech, that: “The General Administration for Combating Narcotics in the Security Belt Forces will strike drug dealers and traffickers with an iron hand, and will be dealt with with all rigor and decisiveness.”