المملكة: Hunting, camping, and transporting firewood… 4 people were arrested on charges of committing environmental violations
managed are performing their tasks in implementing the environmental system, including arresting two citizens who violate the environmental system for committing the violation of attempting to fish without a license in Royal Reserve. They were in possession of a shotgun, an air rifle, and (5) shotgun ammunition. Regular measures were applied against them.
The forces stressed adherence to the environmental law and its executive regulations that criminalize the hunting of wild creatures, stressing that the penalty for hunting in places where hunting is prohibited is a fine of (5,000) riyals, and the penalty for hunting without a license. A fine of (10,000) riyals, and the penalty for using shotguns in hunting is a fine of (100,000) riyals.
Transporting local firewood
The Special Forces of Environmental Security also arrested a citizen violating the environmental regulations, for transporting cubic meters of local firewood in the Riyadh region. Regular procedures were applied against him, and the seized quantities were handed over to the competent authority.
without a license in the Asir region, and regulatory procedures were applied against him.
The forces explained that the penalty for violating camping in forests or national parks without a permit is a fine of up to (3,000) riyals.
At the same time, they called for the initiative to report any cases that represent an attack on the environment or wildlife, by calling the number (911) in the regions of Makkah Al-Mukarramah, Medina, Riyadh, and Al-Sharqiyah, and (999) and (996) in the rest of the regions of the Kingdom. All reports will be treated with complete confidentiality without any responsibility on the part of the reporter.
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