Saudi Gazette report

JAZAN — The ingenuity of an expatriate to overcome the ban on salon activities in the Kingdom as part of the coronavirus pandemic restrictions did not allow him to make a quick buck for long. To earn his living, the expatriate simply turned his residence in Jazan into a full-time salon to serve his fellow countrymen.

The camouflaged facility, however, did not escape the hawk eyes of the Jazan Municipality. Its teams, in coordination with the security authorities, raided the makeshift salon and arrested the expatriate, Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported on Sunday.

The municipality’s monitoring teams and the relevant authorities carried out the operation, SPA quoted Jazan Mayor Naif Bin Mnahi Bin Saedan as saying. He said that the expatriate’s residence has been closed down and all the tools and implements were confiscated.

The municipality teams, he added, are monitoring the shops, companies and establishments and have detected several violations and legal action is being taken against the erring establishments.

The mayor affirmed that the mayoralty and its municipalities are continuing to carry out daily field tours to ensure the implementation of the precautionary and preventive measures to stem the spread of the novel coronavirus Covid-19 pandemic, in line with the directives of Prince Muhammad Bin Nasser Bin Abdulaziz, emir of Jazan Region; and the Acting Minister of Municipal and Rural Affairs Prof. Majid Bin Abdullah Al-Hogail, to ensure the health and safety of all citizens and residents.