RIYADH:
Police arrested a man for the possession of drugs and liquor, but only
after a high-speed car chase. A police unit attempted to stop his car east of
the capital city.
However,
the driver took off and police chased him. The driver was later cornered in one
of the streets and arrested. Police found liquor boxes inside the car and some
drugs. The vehicle was also registered in someone else’s name. The man was
already wanted by police for a number of crimes.
JEDDAH:
The Jeddah passport department arrested 44 overstayers in a raid on Al-Salama
district. The arrested were of Somali and Ethiopian nationality.
The passport
department said that they will continue raids to arrest overstayers and urged
citizens to cooperate with authorities and report their locations.
TAIF:
Taif police mobilized its forces to search for a man who was reportedly
murdered on a highway outside the city on Monday, only to find the whole thing
was a setup. Taif police deployed their forces after they received an emergency
call.
The
search continued for hours, but no one was found. Later on police realized that
the call was a hoax. Police said that they would trace the source of the call
and arrest the caller. Investigations revealed that the caller is of African
nationality and that he might be an overstayer who was trying to divert police
attention away from other illegal residents.
JAZAN:
Two men were killed and two others injured when a car driving at high speed
lost control and crashed in Najran. Civil Defense forces and police arrived at
the scene and found one man dead and three trapped inside the car. Police freed
them, although one of them later died at hospital.
JEDDAH:
The killer of a 22-year-old customs officer at a port has been transferred to
the general prosecution and investigation board after his confession was
authenticated.
The killer stabbed the victim on Saturday night, killing him. He
tried to run away and hide among the crowds at the port, but security guards
closed the gates and police were called in to find the man. He was later
arrested.
