Cdr Stacey said several drug runners of different nationalities had been arrested but no more details could be revealed.

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Mixed up in the film are corrupt politicians, drug runners, priests, the border fence and apparently Lindsy Lohan dressed as a nun.

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Border security has dramatically worsened in the aftermath of the revolution, as thousands of illegal immigrants, drug smugglers and gun runners try to slip from impoverished Yemen into Saudi Arabia, one of the world's richest countries, Lt al-Ahmari told the BBC's Frank Gardner.

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