Construction will be completed in the next few days on the 812-kilometer security fence along the Kingdom's northern border with Iraq and Jordan, said Lt. General Zamim Bin Juwaiber Al-Sawat, Director General of the Frontier Guard. Al-Sawat was quoted in Al-Watan newspaper on Saturday as saying that the fence will help the authorities tackle drug smuggling and infiltration attempts by Al-Qaeda operatives.He said the northern fence will provide protection for Arar, where the Frontier Guards' command center is located, in addition to 18 administrative centers in the region inhabited by 371,000 people. The Frontier Guard will soon start working on a border fence for the Kingdom's southern border with Yemen and Oman. He said there are some security fences along the border with Yemen that have proved successful in keeping out smugglers and infiltrators. There will also be fences built by the Ministry of Interior along all the Kingdom's borders in future, which will have sophisticated electronic surveillance systems and thermal cameras. He said the project also covers the Kingdom's sea territories. The ministry has purchased advanced patrol boats and surveillance equipment for this purpose, he added.
