A Saudi man in his thirties was arrested on Sunday in the Al-Namas region for dealing in araq, a locally produced alcoholic beverage. Officers from the anti-drugs squad ordered the man to stop his vehicle and on conducting a search uncovered 240 bottles of araq. The detained individual was handed over to local police, while the illicit materials were destroyed in the presence of a member of the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice.
