Saudi citizen arrested for transporting 5 violators in Jazan
A Saudi citizen was arrested in the Al-Aridah governorate of the Jazan region. Security patrols found him transporting five people who had violated the Border Security Law. All arrested individuals are facing legal procedures. The violators were sent to a competent authority while the driver was referred to the Public Prosecution. Authorities warned that helping border violators enter, transporting them, or sheltering them can lead to 15 years in prison and a fine of up to 1 million SR.
JAZAN — Security patrols from the Security Regiments in Al-Aridah governorate in the southern Jazan region arrested a citizen for transporting five individuals who violated the Border Security Law in a vehicle he was driving. Legal procedures were initiated against all the arrested persons, with the violators referred to the competent authority and the transporter to the Public Prosecution. The Ministry of Interior's Agency for Security Regiments Affairs reiterated that facilitating the entry of border security violators into Saudi Arabia, transporting or sheltering them, or providing them with any form of assistance carries penalties of up to 15 years in prison and a fine of up to SR1 million. Penalties also include confiscation of the vehicle used for transportation and public naming. The agency emphasized that the crime is considered as a major offense. It urged the public to report violations of residency, labor, and border security regulations by calling 911 in the regions of Makkah, Madinah, Riyadh, and Eastern Province, or 999 and 996 in all other regions. All reports will be treated with strict confidentiality, and those who report violations will bear no liability, the agency added.