Publication Date:
Sat, 2009-03-28 03:00
MAKKAH: The Commission of the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice raided on Thursday night a clandestine distillery in Makkah, arresting five Asian men. After receiving a tip-off on suspicious activities in a house in Al-Taneem district, the morality police staked out the location.
Later, the commission -- accompanied by police officers -- raided the house, arresting the men and seizing 62 bottles of distillate ready for distribution. One of the men allegedly confessed. Authorities did not say whether the men were residing legally in the Kingdom or not. The suspects were transferred to the General Prosecution and Investigation Board for further investigation.
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