Authorities managed to foil an attempt to smuggle around 150 kilograms of cannabis into the country, the Interior Ministry said yesterday. Police also arrested a bedoon man who tried to smuggle the cannabis, worth KD 300,000, through a sea shipment, the ministry’s Public Relations department said in a statement. The suspect, who has connections to networks in nearby countries, confessed to the crime, said the department, adding investigations will continue on the matter in an effort to block narcotics from entering the country.