RIYADH — The Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice (Haia) raided a brothel run by a Syrian man, said Haia spokesman Turki Al-Shelayel. The commission was tipped off about the activities of the brothel and monitored the place for several days before carrying out a raid in which the Syrian man and several women were arrested.
Several detained in Haia raid on brothel
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Fisherman drowns off Qahma coast
ABHA — A fisherman drowned while fishing near Al-Qahma coast, said Asir Border Guard spokesman Brig. Abdullah Al-Hamrani. The control room received a distress call from the fisherman and a rescue team was immediately dispatched to the location. Unable to locate the fisherman upon arrival, the team combed the area and divers eventually recovered his body.
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Customs officers seize 1.2m narcotic pills
RIYADH — Customs officers at Al-Haditha checkpoint foiled an attempt to smuggle 1.2 million narcotic pills into the country, said customs director Ibrahim Al-Eneizi. The officers became suspicious of a driver and carried out a thorough search of his vehicle. The pills were stashed inside different parts of the smuggler’s car, including the doors and
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Family escapes fuel tanker fire
MADINAH — A family miraculously escaped an accident in which a small fuel tanker caught fire near their home, said Madinah Civil Defense spokesman Col. Khalid Al-Juhani. Firefighters immediately evacuated the family to a safe place and worked on dousing the fire that spread to a nearby bakery. Preliminary investigations put the blame on a motor hose for t
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Truck driver killed in highway accident
TABUK — A truck driver died in an accident on Friday morning on the Tabuk-Dhiba highway, said Civil Defense spokesman Col. Mamdouh Al-Eneizi. According to eyewitness, the driver lost control of the vehicle and it careened off the road. The truck, carrying loads of steel, overturned and caught fire. Although firefighters and rescuers arrived at the scene s
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Indian cleaner donates money to former school in surprise gesture
Ahmad Al-Mehaisin Okaz/Saudi Gazette SAKAKA — An Indian expatriate who works as a cleaner at a high school in Al-Jouf province donated money given to him by teachers and students to his former school in India. Muhammad Abo Medlaj impressed students and teachers when he announced that he would use the money to buy pe
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I want to marry a Saudi man
Sarah Matar Al-Watan Sometime back I listened to an Arab woman singer singing: “Saudi, Saudi, I want to marry no other man but a Saudi.” The song is available on the Internet for anyone who is interested in listening to it. I have not heard any Arab woman singer expressing a desire to marry a man from the other
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Saudi woman opens Dammam’s first female-run bakery
Saudi Gazette report DAMMAM — Qarmoosha Faraj Al-Khaldi recently opened the first women-run bakery in Dammam and, in doing so, she has proved that Saudi women are capable of overcoming the numerous difficulties facing them, Al-Madinah daily reported. Al-Khaldi talked to the newspaper about how she came up wi
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Drug companies ‘wooing pharmacists with gifts’
Saudi Gazette report
MAKKAH — Global pharmaceutical companies are offering pharmacists and their families in the Kingdom expensive gifts and other services in order to convince them to promote their products instead of their competitors’ goods, a group of pharmacists told Makkah daily.
There are around
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Seven killed in Asir accidents
ABHA — Seven people were killed in two separate accidents in Asir province Saturday. A head-on crash between two cars claimed the lives of five people in Juhar in Areen sector close to the Najaran border. Civil Defense firefighters and Red Crescent Authority paramedics from Yudmah in Najran rushed to the scene shortly after t
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Schoolgirl run over while crossing street
JEDDAH — An elementary school student died in hospital Saturday following serious injuries she sustained after she was run over by a car.
Ruba Al-Shareef was trying to cross the street opposite her school when a speeding car driven by a teenager appeared out of nowhere and hit her.
She was admitted to ICU for
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19,790 illegals held in EP in 2 months
DAMMAM — Eastern Province Police arrested 19,790 violators of various nationalities throughout the region.
They were all referred to local authorities and will face further measures. Spokesman for Eastern Province Police Col. Ziyad Al-Ruqaiti said the police combed the region and raided suspicious locations for two months now
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Three Saudis rescued after boat mishap
JEDDAH — Marine patrols of the Border Guards in Jeddah rescued on Friday the crew of the boat “Huriyat Jeddah”, which had broken down in the sea north of the Mismari coral reefs. The operations room received a call on the broken down boat and sent a rescue team to tow the vessel, with three Saudis on board, to the
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Expat couple arrested for peddling drugs
JAZAN — The General Directorate of Narcotics Control in Jazan region arrested a man and his wife who were allegedly dealing in drugs.
They distributed and sold hashish in Riyadh region, said narcotics officials. The directorate apprehended the couple, of an African nationality, at their residence in Riyadh where they were to
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Infiltrator who fell down slope rescued
NAJRAN — A Civil Defense team in Najran’s Abu Thamer area rescued a Yemeni infiltrator who fell down a dangerous 80-meter high slope during his attempt to cross illegally into the Kingdom.
Spokesman for the Directorate of Civil Defense in Najran region Lt. Col. Ali Al-Shahrani said the operations room received a call fr
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Over 2,000 public employees involved in crimes
Saudi Gazette report
RIYADH — The Control and Investigation Board (CIB) last year received 1,850 cases of bribery, forgery and embezzlement involving 2,161 Saudi and expatriate government employees, local daily Al-Madinah reported on Sunday.
In a report, CIB said it had last year processe
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Banks worried over new devices that can alter checks
Saudi Gazette report
JEDDAH — A number of banks have expressed worry over a video promoting magic pens and lighters that help fraudsters tamper with the numbers and information on checks, Al-Hayat daily reported.
The banks have warned their customers on social media about similar fraud ca
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Fire strikes garage of Saudi Embassy in Libya
RIYADH — A fire broke out in the garage of the Saudi Embassy in Tripoli, Libya on Friday. The fire destroyed three vehicles belonging to the embassy, an official source at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said.
The source said Libyan authorities responded to the fire and extinguished it quickly. There were no casualties due to
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Ethiopian housemaids go on rampage at security center in Riyadh
Mishal Al-Otaibi
Saudi Gazette
RIYADH — Police had to intervene on Saturday after Ethiopian housemaids reportedly went on a rampage at the security center for housemaids’ affairs.No injuries were reported.
Sources said the housemaids were demanding they get deported to their
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Border Guards calls on public to keep off no-hunting areas
Mishal Al-Otaibi
Saudi Gazette
RIYADH — The general public has been told to stay off areas where hunting or any other activities are banned, especially in the Northern Borders and Eastern Province.
Spokesman for the Border Guards Vice Adm. Muhammad Al-Ghamdi also told members of th
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