A list of detainees in public investigation prisons have shown that there are 5,084 prisoners, including 829 foreigners.
The foreigner prisoners' list includes individuals from Afghanistan, Angola, Ethiopia, Jordan, United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Algeria, Sudan, Somalia, China, Iraq, the Philippines, Morocco, India, United States, Iran, Yemen, Pakistan, Belgium, Bangladesh, Chad, Turkey, Lebanon, Mali, Egypt, Mauritania, Palestine, Niger and some detainees with unknown nationalities.
Yemen topped the list of foreign detainees with 281, followed by Syria with 217; Pakistan came third with 68 detainees. These detainees do not include those announced on Tuesday by the Ministry of Interior, who were arrested after raids uncovered explosive belts in Al-Harazat neighborhood of Jeddah, and an apartment in Al-Nasim neighborhood. The 13 detainees are all of Pakistani nationality, with a woman among them.
Egypt came fourth with 57 detainees, while Sudan came fifth with 30, followed by Palestine with 21 detainees, Jordan with 19 detainees and India with 18.
Brig. Gen. Bassam Atiyaah, director of the strategic planning office at the Ministry of Interior, said he appreciated all expatriates who reside in the Kingdom and all those who are committed to law and order of the country.
He said “we can’t make conclusions and accusations about all foreigners living in the Kingdom, but figures and numbers give a general impression of the work done by Daesh and other terrorist groups, who tend to use expatriates for terror crimes.”
However, this doesn’t mean that all those under arrest are criminals; some of them have been arrested under certain circumstances. After investigations, some individuals may be found innocent and immediately released.

Source: Arab News