Expat pays heavy price for drink driving

A Saudi court sentenced an expatriate to four months in jail, ordered him lashes 80 times and decided to expel him from the Gulf Kingdom after he was found guilty of driving a car under the influence of alcohol.

Police arrested the unnamed man after he was involved in a road accident and sent him to court after tests showed he was drunk.

“The court ordered the deportation of the man and issued an order banning him from returning to the country at any time,” Sabq daily said.

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