DAMMAM: A 38-year-old Saudi man has been arrested in the eastern city of Dhahran on charges of setting up a child pornography website, police said yesterday.

Police spokesman Brig. Yousuf Al-Qahtani said the Investigation and Prosecution Commission in Alkhobar was dealing with the case.

Meanwhile, police in Jubail arrested three young Saudis, aged between 17 and 20, who allegedly robbed an Arab expatriate after tying him up and threatening to kill him with a knife.

A police spokesman said the three youths attacked the man at a farm where he worked. They took his cell phone, and other items, including a power generator, from the farm, he said.