Wanted man, wife surrender

A wanted man, who was lured to restive areas by his friends and accomplices, has surrendered to Saudi security authorities, the spokesman of the Ministry of Interior said on Sunday.
General Mansour Al-Turki said the wanted man contacted security agencies from a foreign country expressing his desire to return to the Kingdom, which led to his surrender and repatriation to the Kingdom.
Asked to disclose the identity of the wanted person and the details of the charges against him, Al-Turki said "the name of the wanted man will not be announced as his name does not figure on the list of the most-wanted terrorists in Saudi Arabia."
"The wanted man was outside the Kingdom when he surrendered," said the spokesman, while sharing some details of the case.
After the person contacted the Saudi officials, arrangements for his return and reunite him with his family were made, said a statement released by the Ministry of Interior yesterday. His wife also surrendered with him and repatriated to the Kingdom. The alleged wanted man would be dealt with according to the procedures followed in similar cases in the past, said the statement, adding that the initiative to surrender on the part of the wanted person and his wife would be taken into consideration while looking into their cases.
The Interior Ministry reiterated its call to all wanted Saudi militants and Al-Qaeda suspects to return to the Kingdom and surrender themselves to security authorities as quickly as possible. The ministry urged wanted persons outside the Kingdom to contact Saudi embassies for surrender and repatriation.
The ministry issued a new list of 47 most-wanted terrorists early last year. Interpol, or the International Police, has also issued a worldwide alert for militants with suspected links to Al-Qaeda, who are wanted on terrorism charges or for various offenses committed in the Kingdom. In a previous statement, Al-Turki said most of the 47 suspects, all Saudi nationals, left the country illegally. The suspects are aged between 18 and 40, he said.
A large number of them are believed to be operating from Yemen, while about 27 of them are in Afghanistan and Pakistan, and four of them are said to be in Iraq. The list of 47 was the fifth list of most-wanted terrorists issued by the ministry since Al-Qaeda militants carried out a series of attacks inside the Kingdom.