Cables stolen from mosque being built in KSA

A Saudi man waited for construction workers to leave a mosque project site at night, entered the building and stole nearly SR40,000 ($10,800) worth of power cables, a newspaper in the Gulf kingdom reported on Thursday.

A resident who happened to be passing in the area saw the thief leaving the site in the eastern province of Ihsa, the Arabic language daily 'Alihsa' said.

“He provided police with the man’s descriptions…a few hours later the thief was arrested,” the paper said.

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