Saudi Police Arrest 100 Pickpockets during Hajj

Saudi police dressed as pilgrims seized around 100 pickpockets similarly disguised who were mingling with the two million Muslims performing the hajj, Saudi media said on Wednesday.
"Around 100 pickpockets wearing ihram clothing (two pieces of white fabric traditionally to be used later as a shroud) were arrested by security services around Jebel ar-Rahma," (Mount Arafat) reported the Okaz daily.

About 1,000 police also dressed in the traditional white robes and moving among the pilgrims on Tuesday arrested the thieves caught red-handed, the newspaper added.

The massive crowd of faithful had gathered at the site in western Saudi Arabia to spend the day praying and asking for God's forgiveness, in a symbolic wait for the final judgment.(AFP)


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