AL-JOUF: Officials in Al-Jouf said they stopped 153 Tajikistanis trying to enter the country on forged Haj visas. Ahmad Al-Sultan, spokesman for Al-Jouf border police, said the forgery was discovered while fingerprinting the pilgrims at the entry points, but he did not elaborate.
Meanwhile, police in Dawmat Al-Jandal arrested a Bangladeshi worker for allegedly raping a 12-year-old boy. According to police, the Bangladeshi tricked the boy into going with him to an Internet café where he worked. The man then closed the café and raped the boy, police said.



