36 caught for aiding illegal residents

JEDDAH — Passport police here have arrested 36 men for aiding illegal expatriates, according to the Passport Department in Makkah province said. A source in the passport directorate said the arrested men include both Saudis and non-Saudis. He said they helped illegal expatriates, intruders and individuals without an identity by transporting and sheltering them, helping them get job or aiding them in other ways. The men face up to six months in prison and SR200,000 in fine, in addition to seizing their vehicles and other belongings. Expatriates caught helping illegal residents will be deported upon release from prison, he said.