Notorious gangs nabbed in Riyadh

Saudis and expatriates in Riyadh heaved a sigh of relief after the arrest of a notorious car theft criminal ring, also involved in burglary and violent assaults in various parts of the capital.
According to the Ministry of Interior, Riyadh police have dismantled four different gangs consisting of 31 thieves, including nine Saudis, for their involvement in 72 different criminal acts.
The MOI’s report on the arrests stated that the special forces conducted several operations based on intelligence and continuous monitoring of the ring’s activities. Security forces went into action following Riyadh Governor’s orders and nabbed 15 notorious criminals (six Saudis, three Yemenis, two Syrians, two Jordanian and a Chadian, Mali and Nigerian), aged 20 to 30.
The gang was said to have been involved in over 29 different acts of robbery and car theft at gunpoint.
The Interior Ministry source said that the same team captured another criminal ring consisting of eight expatriates (seven Yemenis and one Afghan) who specialized in stealing copper cables and electrical wires from buildings under construction.
They had stolen copper wires from 22 sites, a source at the MOI told Arab News.
Their third achievement, according to MOI officials, was the dismantlement of a notorious gang consisting of two Saudis and two Palestinians, who had specialized in home robberies. They were arrested following strong evidence of their involvement in the break-ins.
The MOI also said that the team pounced on another gang composed of one Saudi and three Yemeni nationals involved in multiple cases of assault and robbery in the Kingdom.
The criminals didn’t only mug people on the streets; initial investigations showed that the culprits had committed more than 11 different crimes, including car thefts and burglaries.
As part of their efforts to make the streets of Riyadh safer, the MOI also tackled recently into labor violators.
The anti-begging committee at the ministry nabbed 188 beggars who are also residence and labor law offenders, including 22 children, and 52 women and a number of elderly people. Police records stated that many of the beggars had large amounts of money and forged medical reports in their possession.