The Special Environmental Security Forces seized 11 citizens who violated the environmental law, for transporting, selling and storing more than 43 cubic meters of local firewood and charcoal in the regions of Riyadh, Madinah and Asir.
The spokesman for the Special Forces for Environmental Security, Colonel Abdul Rahman Al-Otaibi, stated that the regular procedures were applied against them, and the seized quantities were handed over to the competent authorities of the Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture, stressing that the penalty for transporting, selling and storing local firewood and coal is a fine of up to (16) thousand riyals per cubic meter.
He urged to report any cases of assault on the environment or wildlife to the number (911) in the regions of Makkah Al-Mukarramah, Riyadh and the Eastern Province, and (999) and (996) in the rest of the Kingdom’s regions.
Okaz (Riyadh)