RIYADH, 17 September: Three employees of the Zakat, Tax, and Customs Authority at the King Abdullah Port in Rabigh have been arrested after receiving bribes from six residents.
The bribes amounted to SR2,232,000 ($594,814) and were received in instalments in exchange for facilitating the smuggling and export of 372 shipping containers of restricted petroleum products (diesel), and using the names of commercial entities in the smuggling process.
Legal procedures against the three employees and six residents are underway in accordance with the laws and regulations, the Oversight and Anti-Corruption Authority (Nazaha) said on Sunday.
The names of the employees, who are citizens, are:
1. Rashid Mohammed Al-Shabrami
2. Mohammed Ahmed Al-Jizani
3. Saleh Hamoud Al-Harbi
The names of the residents are:
1. Osama Mohsen Al-Olaqi (Yemeni resident)
2. Abdulaziz Omar Al-Qaeti (Yemeni resident)
3. Hussein Omar Al-Qaeti (Yemeni resident)
4. Fouad Salahuddin Bair (Pakistani resident- investor)
5. Mohammad Ghanim Al-Manla (Syrian resident)
6. Saeed Awad Bazbaidi (Yemeni resident)
