About 160,000 People Without Hajj Permits Turned Back From Checkpoints

Saudi security forces foiled 83 fake Hajj campaigns and turned back about 160,000 residents who wanted to perform Hajj without a permit. 

Director of Public Security and Head of the Hajj Security Committee Mohammed Al-Bassami said that security officers do not face any challenges in Hajj in light of their full readiness and intensified presence in the field. 

"The general plan for the tasks and responsibilities of public security officers in Hajj, which included raising full readiness to confront everything that affects the breach of security or order and prevent all actions affecting the security and safety of the guests of God," Al-Bassami said.

The plan also included intensified field presence to ensure monitoring of all cases and rapid response to emergency cases.