MAKKAH: Authorities raided a wild party in Muq, 30 km south of Makkah, and arrested 10 young men and women.

On being tipped off, a team of the Committee for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice (Haia) raided the party and held 10 men and women in compromising positions. Many others escaped.

They were handed over to the security agencies for necessary action, according to a new website.

Haia sleuths also arrested a Saudi and an Arab resident for possessing foreign-made liquor that was packed in soft drink cans. The seized items were destroyed and further investigations are under way.