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Articles of the author Ibrahim Alawi Okaz
9 major markets shut in Jeddah over coronavirus breaches
JEDDAH — The Jeddah Municipality closed nine major markets for not adhering to precautionary and preventive measures against coronavirus. The closure comes after field tours were carried out in 4,369 sites for nearly 72 hours until Monday (April 12) (...)

14 - 04 - 2021
Email hacker arrested
A 26-year-old Pakistani hacker was arrested by police after a failed blackmail attempt. He has been charged trying to extort money from a Saudi after he hacked his email account. According to the complainant, the hacker demanded SR14,000 to be (...)

06 - 06 - 2012
Harassment led me to murder, confesses accused
An Afghan national accused of killing his compatriot and dumping his body in a sewage well last week broke down and provided details of the gruesome crime of decapitation to investigators. The accused (A.P.) claimed that the victim persisted in (...)

07 - 05 - 2012
Tip-off from Saudi citizen helps police arrest kidnappers of 10-year-old girl
The vigilance of a Saudi national here saw police officers arrest three persons for kidnapping a 10-year-old girl. The security patrols operations room received a report from the citizen that he noticed a car with three people picking up the girl (...)

01 - 05 - 2012
Stabbed Arab expat ‘tried to commit suicide'
Investigators from northern Jeddah Police have accused the Arab expatriate, who alleged he was stabbed by unidentified African nationals in his apartment, of attempting to commit suicide. They claim that the man, who works as a butcher in a (...)

30 - 04 - 2012
Assailants used duplicate key to break in
Jeddah Police investigators have discovered that the assailants who brutally stabbed an Arab expatriate gained entry to his flat with a duplicate key. The police have also discovered that a friend of the victim had sent him SMSs threatening to kill (...)

29 - 04 - 2012
Braiman Municipality reopens; rumors rebuffed
Following the fire last week that destroyed its archives, Braiman Municipality has reopened its doors to citizens. There was still a heavy smell of smoke in the building. Eng. Abdullah Al-Ajmi, director of the municipality, told Okaz/Saudi Gazette (...)

23 - 04 - 2012
SR78,000 stolen from broken-down car
Jeddah Police are investigating a complaint filed by some citizens that they were robbed of SR78,000 after their car broke down in the city. The complainants said their car started to act erratic while they were driving on Hera Street in Jeddah, (...)

22 - 04 - 2012
Judge abuses power over personal grudge
In a surprising case of power abuse, a Jeddah District Court judge allegedly ordered the arrest of a Saudi man who merely cut him off while driving on a busy street recently. Amro Ali Abdo told Okaz/Saudi Gazette that he cut off another driver (...)

18 - 04 - 2012
Thief caught red-handed in downtown Jeddah
A Jeddah Police Patrol caught a thief red-handed while he was trying to rob a shop in downtown Jeddah. One of the officers got out of the police vehicle and walked over to the surprised thief who tried to flee but was caught by the officer. Col. (...)

14 - 04 - 2012
Jeddah judge suspended on corruption charges
The Supreme Judicial Council has issued directives to suspend a judge in Jeddah's District Court to investigate him on charges of corruption. The judge has been suspended to allow the council to hold a session lifting his immunity and then form a (...)

13 - 04 - 2012
JCIU ends adventures of bogus cell phone prize scammers
Jeddah Criminal Investigations Unit (JCIU) has dealt a strong blow to a gang of four Asians who went around deceiving the general public by calling them on their cell phones and telling them they had won financial prizes. The gang members would ask (...)

06 - 04 - 2012
Development to raise living standards: Emir
The development of unplanned districts in the region is aimed at raising the living standards of citizens and expatriates and not to make profits for government or the private sector, said Prince Khaled Al-Faisal, Emir of Makkah region. Addressing (...)

02 - 04 - 2012
989 sites reclaimed from Jeddah land sharks
Authorities have cracked down on 989 cases of land encroachment in Jeddah and reclaimed 20 million square meters of land from unscrupulous elements in Makkah. Samir Basabrain, Chairman of the Land Encroachment Monitoring Committee in Jeddah, said: (...)

27 - 03 - 2012
Notorious burglar nabbed in Jeddah
Residents of posh neighborhoods in northern and central Jeddah breathed a collective sigh of relief here after hearing that the police had arrested a notorious five-member gang of burglars. The gang, consisting of Arabs of two nationalities, were (...)

07 - 03 - 2012
Evacuation reports false, says Jeddah Civil Defense
Reports on Jeddah's Al-Naseem District residents being evacuated due to severe weather forecasts are false rumors, said a top Civil Defense official here Saturday. “False information has been circulated that Civil Defense vehicles were at Al-Naseem (...)

27 - 02 - 2012
Arab expat strangles wife to death
A young Arab woman's Facebook passion resulted in her brutal strangling at the hands of her husband. The murder took place in north Jeddah's Al-Bawadi District on Friday morning. According to reports the man grew curious about her Facebook account (...)

12 - 02 - 2012
‘Today's world does not permit improvisation'
Prince Khaled Al-Faisal, Emir of Makkah region, has described the Makkah urban observatory project as vital for any city or region that wishes to attain a high level of development. Prince Khaled who is also the Chairman of the High Council of Urban (...)

01 - 02 - 2012
26 injured in Jeddah building fire
A fire broke out Wednesday in a five-story apartment building in downtown Jeddah injuring 26 persons. The Civil Defense had to break the bars of windows to evacuate 130 people. It also shut down the building because it found many safety (...)

26 - 01 - 2012
Khaled urges preparations for Umrah season
Faisal, Emir of Makkah region, has ordered all government departments and agencies to prepare properly for this year's Umrah season, to provide pilgrims with a safe and secure environment. Agencies at King Abdulaziz International Airport in Jeddah (...)

19 - 01 - 2012
Crisis management training for security and service sectors
Personnel from 34 security and service sectors are to receive expert training in crisis and disaster management. The courses will be provided by Makkah governorate's Crisis and Disaster Management Center in cooperation with crisis experts from (...)

18 - 01 - 2012
Palestine Street and Al-Andalus intersection closed for 3 months
Andalus Street intersection has been closed for three months to allow important rain and flood drainage works to be carried out. Commuters who normally use the intersection are being advised to use alternative roads. Brig. Muhammad Hassan (...)

16 - 01 - 2012
Authorities on alert as PME raises rain alarm
The Civil Defense has been put on alert after the Presidency of Meteorology and Environment (PME) said it expects rainfall in the western part of the Kingdom including Makkah, Madina and East Jeddah. Brig. Abdullah Al-Jeddawi, Director of the Civil (...)

09 - 01 - 2012
Whiskey bottles in socks seized in Jeddah
Four Asian bootleggers were arrested here on Friday with whiskey bottles hidden in thick socks to muffle the sound of the glass. It all started when the police were tipped off about Asian expatriates behaving suspiciously in downtown Jeddah. The (...)

02 - 01 - 2012
2 shot in Jeddah drive-by rampage
An unsuspecting young girl was walking home from school with a classmate Sunday afternoon when a car stopped beside her, the male driver started swearing at her, then pulled out a hunting rifle, shot her at point-blank range and sped away. The (...)

20 - 12 - 2011
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