المملكة: Including 1,500 infiltrators… 20,000 violators of residency, work, and border security regulations were arrested

Continue Joint field campaigns to follow up and arrest violators of residency, work, and border security regulations, in all regions of the Kingdom.

The campaigns that took place in the period January 29 to February 4, 2026 resulted in the following results:

Capturing violators

First: The total amounted to The violatorswho were caught in the joint security field campaigns in all regions of the Kingdom (20,237) violators, including (12,687) violators of the residency system, (4318) violators of the border security system, and (3232) violators of the labor system.

Second: The total number of those arrested while trying to cross the border into the Kingdom reached (1,555) people (40%) of whom were Yemeni nationals. (57%) of Ethiopian nationality, and (3%) of other nationalities, and (61) people were arrested for attempting to cross the border outside the Kingdom in an irregular manner.

Third: (32) were arrested involved in transporting, harboring, and employing violators of the residency, labor, and border security regulations and covering them up.

Fourth: The total number of those currently being subjected to regulations implementation procedures reached (23,807) violating expatriates, including (21,926) men and (1,881) women.

Fifth: (16,805) violators were referred to their diplomatic missions to obtain travel documents, (2,437) violators were referred to complete their travel reservations, and (11,656) violators were deported.

Reporting violations

The Ministry of Interior confirmed that anyone who facilitates the entry of system violators Security of the borders of the Kingdom, or transporting them within it, or providing them with shelter, or providing them with any assistance or service in any form, exposes oneself to penalties of up to 15 years in prison, a fine of up to one million riyals, and confiscation of the means of transportation and housing used for shelter, in addition to defaming him.

She explained that this crime is considered a major crime requiring arrest, and a violation of honor and trust, urging people to report any cases of violation to the number (911). In the regions of Mecca, Medina, Riyadh, and Sharqiya, and (999) and (996) in the rest of the Kingdom’s regions.

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