Saudi Arabia Arrests 18,200 Violators in One Week – Inside Ministry
The Ministry of Inside introduced that joint safety discipline campaigns arrested 18,200 violators of residency, labor, and border safety legal guidelines inside one week throughout all areas of the Kingdom.
The Ministry clarified that they performed nationwide inspection campaigns from fifteenth January to twenty first January 2026 AD. The campaigns yielded the next outcomes:
1. Complete Violators Arrested
A complete of 18,200 folks have been arrested throughout the joint safety campaigns, together with:
➤ 11,442 violators of the residency system
➤ 3,931 violators of the border safety system
2. Border Crossing Violations
The Ministry reported that 1,762 folks have been arrested whereas making an attempt to illegally enter the Kingdom, together with:
■ 46% Yemeni nationals
■ 53% Ethiopian nationals
■ 1% from different nationalities
As well as, 46 folks have been arrested for trying to illegally depart the Kingdom.
3. Arrest of Supporters and Facilitators
Safety authorities arrested 11 individuals who have been concerned within the following actions:
🔘 Transporting violators
🔘 Sheltering violators
🔘 Using violators
🔘 Masking up violations of residency, labor, and border safety legal guidelines
4. Violators Beneath Authorized Procedures
The whole variety of expatriates presently present process authorized procedures reached 25,477, together with:
• 23,443 males
5. Deportation and Journey Procedures
The Ministry acknowledged that:
* 18,685 violators have been referred to their diplomatic missions to acquire journey paperwork
* 3,011 violators have been referred to finish journey bookings
* 14,451 violators have been deported
Warnings and Penalties
The Ministry of Inside warned that anybody who:
– Helps violators enter the Kingdom
– Transports them contained in the nation
– Supplies shelter
– Gives any type of help
will face extreme penalties, together with
✓ As much as 15 years in jail
✓ A effective of as much as 1 million Saudi riyals
✓ Confiscation of automobiles and housing used within the crime
✓ Public defamation
Reporting Violations
The general public is urged to report violations by way of the next numbers:
➤ 911 within the areas of Makkah Al-Mukarramah, Madinah, Riyadh, and the Japanese Province
➤ 999 and 996 in the remainder of the areas of the Kingdom
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