Saudi Crown Prince, US Secretary of Defense discuss troop deployment

Saudi Crown Prince, US Secretary of Defense discuss troop deployment

:: Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman received a phone call on Wednesday from the US Secretary of Defense during which they discussed ongoing arrangements to send US troops of a More »

Saudi Energy Minister confirms restoration of Kingdom’s gas production capacity

Saudi Energy Minister confirms restoration of Kingdom’s gas production capacity

:: Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Energy confirmed on Wednesday the restoration of production capacity, affirming the Kingdom’s position as a reliable energy supplier in the global market. The energy minister, Prince Abdulaziz More »

Egypt calls Erdogan statements ‘ironic,’ accuses Turkey of sponsoring terrorism

Egypt calls Erdogan statements ‘ironic,’ accuses Turkey of sponsoring terrorism

:: Egypt’s foreign ministry spokesman, Ahmed Hafez, slammed Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s statements at the UN General Assembly this week where he urged the UN to “handle the suspicious death of More »

Saudi Crown Prince: Attacks are test of int’l resolve against destructive acts

Saudi Crown Prince: Attacks are test of int’l resolve against destructive acts

:: Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said on Wednesday that the attacks on Saudi Aramco oil facilities are a test of international resolve in the face of destructive acts that More »

Saudi Crown Prince says attacks on oil facilities are a ‘dangerous escalation’

Saudi Crown Prince says attacks on oil facilities are a ‘dangerous escalation’

:: Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said the recent attacks on Saudi Aramco facilities represented a “dangerous escalation not only toward the Kingdom but also the entire world.” The Crown More »

 

Category Archives: Crime

Jeddah Airport customs foil five attempts to smuggle drugs into Saudi Arabia

:: Customs authorities at Saudi Arabia’s Jeddah Airport have seized and foiled five attempts to smuggle 822 grams of heroin into the Kingdom, as well as an amount of the illegal drug “shabu” methamphetamine pills weighing over 1,700 grams. Customs

Four arrested in India for leaking ‘Game of Thrones’ episode

:: Four people have been arrested in India for leaking an episode from HBO’s “Game of Thrones” television series before it was aired in the country, police said Monday. Already the most pirated show in TV history, the popular fantasy

Woman chokes teen for blocking view at Disney

Authorities in Florida say a woman is accused of child abuse after choking a teenager who refused to sit down during a fireworks display at Disney’s Magic Kingdom. An Orange County Sheriff’s arrest report says 41-year-old Tabbatha Kay Mature of

Abu Dhabi police crack multimillion dollar fraud

Abu Dhabi police confiscated checks worth 1.3 billion Dirhams ($354 mln) in a case of fake investment portfolios. According to the Director General of the Abu Dhabi Police, Major General Maktoum Ali al-Sharifi, 43 people were arrested after 400 legal

Cops identify victim shown being thrashed in video clip

The Jeddah police have solved the mystery surrounding the thrashing of a man by another, the video clip of which had gone viral. It was a Herculean task for the police to search for the victim, who had not bothered

10-year jail for online Saudi purveyor of lies and hatred

A citizen has been sentenced to 10 years in jail in Riyadh for using his social media accounts to spread malicious rumors about the Kingdom. “The unnamed Saudi national’s motives were detrimental to public order and society. He was a

Group behind bloody social media prank thrown in jail

The men who allegedly posted a fake video clip on social media showing a boy being slaughtered by his father to please his guests are cooling their heels behind bars. The gory scene in the video evoked sharp reactions from

Citizen rejects blood money ruling, wants hospital shut

A Saudi citizen is demanding the Health Affairs shut down the hospital that caused the death of his only daughter due to medical malpractice, despite the hospital having complied with a court ruling to pay him the blood money. Zyad

Spy, 3 Iranian terrorists face trial

The Bureau of Investigation and Public Prosecution is in the process of referring the case of four Iranian nationals implicated in national security issues to the Special Criminal Court pending their trial, a local newspaper reported. One of them is

Beware of funds pleas on social media

The Ministry of Social Affairs has warned against video clips with appeals for donations on social media by unknown people as the money can reach terrorist organizations or drug addicts. Such actions violate Saudi rules, it said, pointed out that

Smuggling of 3.5kg gold jewelry foiled

King Fahd Causeway customs officers have succeeded in thwarting an attempt to smuggle gold jewelry weighing 3.5 kg into the Kingdom hidden in a vehicle. Deif Allah Al-Otaibi, director general of customs on the causeway, said that anti-money laundering laws

Man posing as cop takes SR9,000 from shop, held

The Makkah security patrol apprehended a man in his 20s who posed as a police officer and stole around SR9,000 from a shop in the Abu Moragh neighborhood in Noaryia, Makkah. Police were alerted by the shop owner about the

1,776 drug smugglers arrested in 8 months, says Saudi Interior Ministry

Saudi authorities have seized 22.4 million amphetamine pills and arrested 1,776 drug smugglers during the last eight months of the past Hijri year, the Interior Ministry announced. Giving a breakdown of the latest statistics on its anti-drug trafficking operations, the

Gang of blackmailers arrested

A gang of young men and women blackmailed young men after gaining their personal information gleaned from their stolen wallets, Al-Hayat reported. Madinah Police spokesman Fahd Al-Ghannam said the gang would target young men on Tango and Keek and seduce

3-4 p.m. is peak hour for crime, police data reveal

Contrary to popular belief, the largest number of crimes in the Kingdom takes place in broad day light rather than the dead of night, police statistics show. According to a security source, the crime rate sharply increases in the afternoon

Attempt to smuggle alcohol disguised as softdrink foiled

Customs officials at Al-Batha border entry point foiled an attempt to smuggle alcohol into the country in Pepsi cans. A smuggler tried to carry nearly 48,000 cans of beers disguised as Pepsi cans into Saudi Arabia over the Al-Batha border

Dubai cop held for killing colleague

Authorities in Dubai are holding a Yemeni member of the emirate’s police force on suspicion of murder after he shot and killed another officer inside a police station. Dubai police confirmed the Sunday shooting in postings to official social media

Wife, lover executed for husband’s murder

A Syrian woman and her lover, a fellow national, have been executed for the murder of her Saudi husband, according to the Interior Ministry on Wednesday. In a statement, the ministry said Amani Abdul Rahman Khaled Al-Dhaheek, the wife, and

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