Reserve Violations in 2023: 133 citizens arrested and 28 expatriates deported

  • 16/02/2024

Director of the Environmental Police Department at the Ministry of Interior, Brigadier General Hussein Al-Ajmi, revealed that 133 citizens were arrested and 28 expatriates were administratively deported, due to violations of the environmental law and violations they committed in natural reserves during the past year, indicating that these efforts come to protect natural reserves from tampering and based on the cooperation protocol, Joint venture between the General Authority for Agriculture and Fisheries and the Ministry of Interior.


He warned citizens and residents against entering fenced natural reserves without obtaining a permit, noting that the violator will be punished with imprisonment for a period of up to one year and a fine of 5,000 dinars.

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