Dec 26, 2021: Saudi authorities have arrested five Pakistanis for allegedly laundering money from the kingdom, local media reported on Saturday.

Police arrested the expatriates in Medina for collecting unspecified money and smuggling it out of the country. Authorities also confiscated cash from the suspects, which police said was being smuggled out of the country. “Police have also recovered cash of unknown origin from their possession,” an official told the media.

According to Saudi police, there was a contradiction in the statements of the accused.

The migrants have now been handed over to the Public Prosecution for investigation. The arrests come as Saudi authorities have doubled their crackdown on financial fraud and reported several arrests in the kingdom on suspicion of corruption and money laundering.

In April this year, 24 Pakistani men were arrested on charges of defrauding innocent people of 35 million riyals in various scams.

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