Officials from the Passports Department in Makkah raided over 30 houses in districts of Al-Subeil on Monday to root out beggars, illegal overstayers, ambulant traders, dressmakers working without licenses and other persons engaged in illegal activities, such as people falsely claiming to suffer from disabilities. Some 74 persons were detained during the raids, among them an Indian woman who had set up secret women's tailoring shops that supplied to well
