Saudi Gazette report RIYADH — A coordinated campaign with the participation of 19 ministries and government departments has succeeded in arresting 132,647 violators of residency and labor regulations all over the Kingdom in about three weeks, campaign sources said. They said 75,918 people were arrested for violating the residency system and 34,847 for labor rules since Nov. 15 when the campaign started. They said 21,882 of the detainees had breached border security. The sources said 1,658 people were caught while attempting to sneak into the Kingdom across its southern borders. A majority of them were Yemenis (79 percent) followed by Ethiopians at 20 percent. They said 34 other people were apprehended while trying to leave the Kingdom illegally through its land borders. The sources said 416 people, including 65 Saudis, were arrested for providing transport to illegal expatriates. They said 44 Saudis were punished and released while 21 others were still under investigation. According to the sources, as many as 14,015 expatriates were presently kept in various detention centers. They consisted of 12,630 men and 1,385 women. Meanwhile, security forces in Riyadh arrested 1,523 violators in the past couple of days. On Nov. 15, Saudi authorities launched an all-out campaign to free the nation of illegal expatriates following the end of an eight-month-long amnesty that allowed all residency and labor law violators to leave the country on their own without incurring any fines or imprisonment.