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Articles of the author Okaz AL QARIYAT
Hit-and-run driver arrested
A deliberate hit-and-run driver was arrested on Monday over a traffic collision earlier this month that led to the death of one person and injury to two others. An Al-Jouf Police spokesman said that the arrested man was suspected of deliberately (...)

29 - 09 - 2010
Drugs found on returning prisoner
Officials at Al-Qariyat Prison say they prevented an attempt to smuggle into the facility Captogon pills and hashish found on an inmate returning from prison leave. Officials said the inmate had been granted permission for spend leave with his (...)

23 - 06 - 2010
Child abductor caught in crash
A 36-year-old man was foiled in his attempt to abduct a seven-year-old girl when his vehicle was involved in a car accident on Sunday. Police were informed by a Saudi man that his daughter had been abducted from in front of her primary school close (...)

15 - 06 - 2010
Body found in sewer
The body of a five-year-old girl who had been reported missing earlier in the day was recovered on Sunday by Civil Defense divers from a deep sewer outlet near her family home. The girl had reportedly left the house unnoticed and after efforts to (...)

02 - 06 - 2010
65-riyal man arrested
A man who was spotted by police sneaking into a bakery via an air-conditioning shaft was arrested on Friday as he exited the main door. Police said that upon inspection the thief was found to have in his possession 65 Saudi riyals and one Jordanian (...)

26 - 04 - 2010
1.2 million pills confiscated
Customs in Al-Jouf seized 1.2 million narcotics pills from a truck being driven into the Kingdom by an Arab man on Saturday. Al-Watan Arabic daily reported the seizure and added that 700,000 counterfeit riyals were also found hidden in the case of a (...)

20 - 04 - 2010
Victim clings on in ‘Hollywood' robbery
A salesman carrying prepaid mobile telephone cards worth SR50,000 in a briefcase was attacked and robbed Tuesday by two persons who tried to get away in a pick-up van only for their Arab victim to pursue them and fling himself onto the back of the (...)

12 - 03 - 2010
Prison drugs hidden in ‘sensitive zone'
Security officers at Al-Qariyat Prison have foiled an attempt by an Indian laundry man to smuggle into the facility 333 illegal Captogon pills. A prison official said the drugs were hidden in the man's underwear. “Guards were alerted by the man's (...)

23 - 02 - 2010
Body found in the desert
The body of an Arab was found in the desert 90 km to the east of Al-Qariyat on Friday. Border Guard officers said the individual appeared to have entered the Kingdom illegally and that they were waiting on a forensic report to establish the cause of (...)

22 - 02 - 2010
Gas leak death could be foul play
Police are investigating the death of a foreign resident following a fire that started from a gas leak at a house in the Al-Khalidiya District here on Monday. The man, whose nationality has yet to be established, is believed to have lit a spark in (...)

17 - 02 - 2010
Teen finger freed from ring
Emergency crews from the Civil Defense in Al-Jouf were called in on Wednesday to free a 15-year-old boy's increasingly swollen finger from a ring. Officials were summoned after all attempts by the family proved fruitless and the teen's digit was (...)

12 - 02 - 2010
Second man wanted over blanket theft
A foreign national was arrested on Wednesday for stealing blankets from a Health Affairs storage depot. Police are also seeking to locate the whereabouts of a second man, a Saudi national of unknown identity who was also involved in the theft. A (...)

05 - 02 - 2010
Death sentence magic inmate dies choking
A 55-year old inmate of Al-Qariyat Prison awaiting a death sentence died on Tuesday after choking on her dinner. Fellow inmates rushed to help as she started to choke and called officials when their efforts at first aid failed. The woman died on the (...)

30 - 01 - 2010
Municipality head attacked at office
The head of the municipality in Al-Qariyat was taken to hospital Tuesday morning after being attacked by seven persons outside his office. Witnesses to the incident said a “Saudi and his sons” approached the official, Fayez Al-Suhaili, as he (...)

27 - 01 - 2010
Burglar caught by shop owner
A man has been arrested in Al-Qariyat accused of stealing money, jewels and air tickets from the home of an Arab man in the town. The burglar was caught on Monday after local gold and jewelry store owners were informed of the stolen items and a shop (...)

19 - 01 - 2010
Petrol smugglers knife customs official
Customs officers in Al-Haditha arrested two Saudi brothers in their twenties on Thursday attempting to sneak large quantities of petrol into Jordan to sell at the neighboring country's higher prices and who injured an official with a knife. Police (...)

02 - 01 - 2010
Fatal shock at electricity company
An Asian maintenance worker at an electricity company was killed on Thursday after entering a prohibited zone at work and being exposed to a fatal electric shock. A representative from the company said the employee had been warned against entering (...)

26 - 12 - 2009
5,480 embrace Islam through phone preaching
A mobile telephone service with specialist preachers to encourage non-Muslims to embrace Islam has so far helped 5,480 persons become Muslims. The “Bring me to Islam” service by the Cooperative Bureau for Call and Awareness in Communities in (...)

05 - 11 - 2009
Al-Jouf police grab Arab blackmailer
An Arab male was arrested on Tuesday accused of blackmailing a married woman by threatening to publish photographs of her on the Internet if she did not engage in “forbidden relations” with him. An Al-Jouf Police spokesman said that the married man (...)

30 - 10 - 2009
Jewels retrieved
Police in Al-Jouf have arrested two jewel thieves responsible for the burglary of two houses in the town of Al-Qariyat. The arrests, which were made Tuesday, came after officials located stolen jewelry as well as expensive electronic appliances in (...)

27 - 08 - 2009
Father shoots son in hand
A family argument shortly before Iftar Sunday led to a 79-year-old man shooting his son in the hand after the latter attacked him with an iron bar. Al-Jouf Police were called to a house after a fight between the son and other members of the family (...)

26 - 08 - 2009
Hen nights, mice and snakes in wedding joy, fear and tears
Hen nights or wedding showers as they are variously known across the English-speaking world are becoming increasingly popular in the region of Al-Qariyat, close to the border with Jordan, but as the wedding season kicks in with a series of (...)

22 - 07 - 2009
Police investigating shootings
Police in the province of Al-Jouf arrested a man after opening fire on a number of people at two different sites Tuesday. The man, who was held after a raid on his home in the district of Al-Mataar where police found firearms and ammunition, (...)

26 - 06 - 2009
Teenage fight ends in fatal stabbing
A 17-year-old boy was killed Monday night after a fight involving six youths in Suweir in Al-Jouf that ended with a 16-year-old youth pulling out a knife and stabbing his victim. The incident was reported to police by hospital staff after admitting (...)

11 - 06 - 2009
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