Saudi 'liquor king' held after 2-year chase

The biggest and most wanted local liquor manufacturing and selling suspect in Saudi Arabia has been arrested red handed recently.

The suspect was arrested by the Committee for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice which is an official Saudi body in the kingdom.

The suspect, and Arab expatriate called ‘Alaari’ was arrested in his house in the capital Riyadh after official search warrant from the authorities, and in a well-planned trap.

He was on the wanted list for the past two years, and he was manufacturing liquors in Saudi Arabia and selling it secretly in the neighborhood.

According to officials, Alaari is the biggest distributor of liquor in Saudi Arabia and the Committee found large amount of liquor bottles in his house.

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