Saudi man given driving licence without photo

A Saudi man who applied for a renewal of his driving licence was surprised when he received the document without his picture on it.

When he went back to the traffic police in the southern Saudi town of Baha and told them about their mistake, his surprise turned into a shock after they asked him to pay fees for a replacement.

“I had applied for a renewal and gave them all needed documents, including my photograph…but it was not stuck on the licence when I received it,” Mohammed Al Gamdi said, quoted by Sabq Arabic language daily.

“I went back to them again and spent several days shuttling between sections…in the end, they asked me to pay SR100 for a replacement…they are just trying to correct their own mistake at the expense of a citizen.”
 

Saudi police officer commits suicide

A colonel in the Saudi police committed a suicide by shooting himself in the head at his house in the Gulf Kingdom, a newspaper reported on Tuesday.

Police called by the officer’s father found the 40-year-old colonel him lying in a pool of blood on his bed at their house in the southern town of Baha, Alsaudeh said.

“Preliminary investigation showed he used his gun to commit a suicide…investigation is continuing to determine his motives,” the Arabic language daily said, quoting police spokesman Lt Colonel Saad Tarad.