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Eighteen people, including one Iranian and one
Lebanese national, have been arrested in Saudi Arabia for alleged
espionage activities, the state-run Saudi Press Agency reported
Tuesday.
Coordinated security operations were carried out in four regions
of the kingdom resulting in the arrest of 16 Saudis along with the
Iranian and Lebanese citizens, the report said quoting an Interior
Ministry spokesman.
The official said the Saudis and two expatriates were being held
for "espionage activities for the benefit of a foreign country," but
did not name that nation.
The men were allegedly "involved in collecting information on
vital locations and installations as well as communicating with
intelligence bodies in that foreign country."
