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Articles of the author Okaz AHAD RUFAIDAH
Used oil traders in custody
Two Bangladeshis have been taken into custody by authorities in Asir after health inspectors discovered they had been selling used cooking oil to local hotels and restaurants. “They are being held for investigation,” said an official from the (...)

01 - 10 - 2010
Liquor dealer arrested
An Ethiopian man was detained in Jizan on Tuesday on charges of producing and selling alcohol. Police from Al-Wadiyain in Ahad Rufaidah said the suspect was found in possession of hundreds of bottles homemade liquor, and have handed him over to (...)

30 - 07 - 2010
House burglary gang arrested
Six persons of Arab nationality have been arrested on charges of committing over 20 house burglaries in towns in Asir. The six were detained on Monday after police received reports of break-ins and thefts of property that included gold and jewelry, (...)

30 - 06 - 2010
Car, truck crash into worksites
Seven persons were injured in Buraidah at the weekend when the vehicle they were traveling in plunged eight meters into a channel being dug for sewer works. The car had reportedly been involved in a collision with another vehicle, forcing it off the (...)

19 - 06 - 2010
Police probe pupil whipping
Police in the town of Al-Wadiyain in Ahad Rufaidah are investigating claims that a 12-year-old schoolboy was whipped by a teacher in front of his classmates. The complaint, brought by the boy's father, led to a medical report stating that the boy (...)

01 - 06 - 2010
Asir Hai'a gets 1.5m liters of alcohol
The spokesman for the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice (the Hai'a) in Asir has said that the organization in the region has discovered and destroyed over 1.5 million liters of alcohol in the last three years. Spokesman (...)

06 - 05 - 2010
Hash dumped as smugglers flee to Yemen
Border Guard patrols in the area of Dhahran Al-Junoub foiled Thursday an attempt to smuggle into the Kingdom 80kg of hashish near the town of Al-Rubou'a. An official said that patrols observed two smugglers on foot who fled when they were asked to (...)

13 - 03 - 2010
4,000 liters of booze under dung
The Commission for Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice (tha Hai'a) in Khamis Mushayt and Ahad Rufaidah uncovered 4,000 liters of the locally produced alcoholic drink araq hidden under mounds of sheep dung on Tuesday. “Hai'a officials (...)

11 - 03 - 2010
4 million students to sit exams Saturday
Four million boys and girls are expected to turn up to write their first semester examinations on Saturday, education authorities have confirmed. In Taif, Muhammad Bin Sa'eed Abu Ras, the Director General of Boys' Education, said that 400 education (...)

29 - 01 - 2010
Five years to get building permit
Saudi national Muhammad Dhafer Abu Hatlah may finally get a chance to build on his own land, after being denied a chance to do so for five years by the Ahad Rufaidah Municipality. He had been granted the right to build by the courts, but the (...)

17 - 01 - 2010
Three soldiers laid to rest
Two Saudi soldiers, killed in clashes with infiltrators along the border with Yemen, were laid to rest in Al-Naseem Graveyard Monday in Riyadh. This was in the presence of the Commander of the Saudi Navy Gen. Prince Fahd Bin Abdullah Bin Muhammad (...)

24 - 11 - 2009
Wife's uterus removed due to medical error, claims husband
Health Affairs in Asir Region are investigating a complaint filed by a Saudi national, who claims that medical error was the cause for the removal of his wife's uterus. As a result she has been deprived of having children despite only being in her (...)

19 - 06 - 2009
Hai'a wanted to fend off harassment of schoolgirls
The guardians of female teachers and students in Ahad Rufaidah have called for the formation of a committee made up of members from the Hai'a and security patrols to prevent the gathering of youths at girls' schools. Parents have become concerned (...)

01 - 03 - 2009
School project held 5 years
A committee from the Boys Education Administration in Asir will look into why the Darb Al-Aqeedah School Complex project here has not been completed when they visit the project site. A number of Ahad Rufaidah residents say the project that is (...)

03 - 01 - 2009
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