The border guard in western Yemen seized on Saturday 300 kg of hashish that smugglers had planned to sell in the kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the interior ministry reported.
The stash was seized on the Thu Hirab island in the Midi district, it said, pointing out that the hashish quantities were concealed inside 6 bags.
Two Ethiopian smugglers were arrested, it said, adding that the two and the hashish were given to the army battalion in the Luhaya district as a prelude to hand them over to the police in Hodeida province, the ministry added.
In recent years, Yemen has been as a transit hub to smuggle drugs coming from other countries including Pakistan and Iran to Gulf countries.
Earlier this year, the authorities destroyed tonnes of drugs worth millions of US dollars that were seized last year.
In the past few years, tens of smugglers including Yemenis, Africans, Iranians and Pakistanis were arrested in some Yemeni cities while trading in and smuggling drugs.
Some of them went on trials and received sentences including death ones.