The Special Forces for Environmental Security seized (64) violators of the environmental law, (62) citizens and residents of both Yemeni and Sudanese nationalities, in possession of more than (120) cubic meters of local firewood and coal used in commercial activities, in the regions of Riyadh, Medina and Asir.
The official 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 using local firewood and coal in commercial activities is a fine of up to (32) thousand riyals per cubic meter.
He urged the official spokesman 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 (Jeddah)