Dubai: Four Saudi citizens have been sentenced to one year in jail for attacking inspection officials from a Jeddah branch municipality during last Ramadan, the Criminal Court in Jeddah announced yesterday.
The officials came under attack while carrying out their duty at a fuel station in the governorate, local media reported.
The court ordered the convicts to pay fines and an amount of money equal to the value of the damage caused to the official vehicles.
Security men
During last Ramadan, the Jeddah police arrested a number of Saudis who attacked members of a specialized committee, including officials of south Jeddah municipality and security men.
The defendants tried to prevent the officials from carrying out their duty of dismantling encroachments on government land on the Old Mecca Road.
