3 Saudi cops jailed for Valentine's party

A Saudi court sentenced three policemen and two other Saudis to between five and 10 years in prison and ordered them lashed thousands of times after they were caught at a Valentine’s Day party with women and liquor.

Saudi Arabia’s religious police — the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice — had raided their house in the central town of Buraydah and arrested the five following a tip-off.

The court sentenced them to between five and 10 years in prison and ordered them lashed 1,000-1,500 times each.

“The judge also issued an order banning the five from travelling abroad for five years after completing their prison terms,” Sada daily said.

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