A crackdown has been launched by government agencies against illegal workers in the Jeddah region.
Investigation campaigns include police, the Ministry of Commerce and Investment, the workforce of the Ministry, transport authorities and regional municipalities.
This crackdown campaign is being carried out against foreigners who use private vehicles for illegal loading of taxi and personal transport, in violation of rules.
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According to local Web News 'News24', the ' security operation' was launched from multiple areas of the city simultaneously to arrest more and more law-abiding people.
Releasing images of the operation on the Mecca Governorate's Twitter account, it said, "The security operation is being carried out against people who illegally use their vehicles as a private taxi in violation of transport laws." Use on. '
It should be noted that in Saudi Arabia, the use of private vehicles as a taxi is a violation of the law. Apart from deporting such persons, their vehicles are confiscated while they face imprisonment and fines. Is.
At the airport, there is a police outpost on the exterior of the car parking lot where officers deployed to check if a foreigner is using his vehicle as a private taxi. A person who does so is taken into custody and fined five thousand rials. The aliens are then handed over to the concerned institution from which they are deported.