AL-JOUF: Qurayat police yesterday arrested a woman who escaped from a local prison on Friday.
“Police detectives and prison guards were searching for the 40-year-old woman after her escape and finally caught her in a sting operation,” said Col. Badr Al-Merzaiq, director of Qurayat police, giving no further details on the operation or how the woman managed to escape.
Gov. of Al-Jouf Prince Fahd bin Badr ordered the police to complete their investigations as quickly as possible and begin legal procedures.
The police said the escape was pre-planned and did not rule out the possibility of help from prison officials.
Al-Merzaiq did not give the precise time of the escape but according to a source the woman escaped from the prison between 3 and 4 p.m. Friday.
The woman, who was sent to jail on a conviction relating to drugs, had only five months left to serve. She had previously escaped from a juvenile home in Riyadh.
Qurayat police, meanwhile, arrested an Arab truck driver who ran away from a customs checkpoint in Haditha on the Jordanian border.
The man fled after officials discovered 1.3 million Captagon tablets hidden under the driver’s seat and in his truck’s fuel tank. The man, who was coming from a neighboring Arab country, was caught after a 12-hour search.
