A clandestine 11-member deviant group with contacts with colleagues outside the Kingdom and plans to launch attacks against security men and abductions was apprehended in a mountainous hideout in the vicinity of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's southern border, it was disclosed today. An official source at the Ministry of Interior said close security monitoring and follow-up, resulted in the discovery of an eleven member clandestine cell with contacts with deviant colleagues residing outside the Kingdom. The group has taken steps to carry out a criminal plot including assaults on security men, abductions and holding some figures hostage, and armed assaults to finance their criminal activities. They had a hideout in a mountainous area in the vicinity of the southern border of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia where they stored food supplies, weapons, ammunition, photographing items and diversified equipment. Thanks to Almighty Allah, the security authorities were able to arrest the eleven members of the cell, all Saudis, and their properties, including weapons and ammunition which were buried in different places, the source said adding that the immediate investigation launched into the incident was continuing.