Security
01:07 PM | 14 Jul 2026
What happened inside two hotels in Jadra?
Fady Mahouly
The General Directorate of Internal Security Forces - Public Relations Division issued the following statement:
Within the framework of the daily follow-up carried out by the Internal Security Forces to prosecute crimes of all kinds, especially crimes of trafficking in persons and practicing prostitution, and based on information available to the Office for Combating Trafficking in Persons and Protection of Morals in the Judicial Police Unit, originating from the Saadiyat police station, about the occurrence of immoral acts inside two hotels in the town of Jadra - Al-Shouf, members of the aforementioned office began their extensive investigations and investigations.
As a result of the follow-up, a force from the office raided the two aforementioned hotels, and were able to arrest 18 people, including the owners of one of the two hotels, employees, customers, and girls of Lebanese, Palestinian, Syrian, and Jordanian nationalities.
Four girls were also caught red-handed while engaging in indecent acts with a number of customers, in addition to cell phones, sums of money, three Syrian ID cards, and a surveillance camera recording device (DVR).
During the investigation of the detainees, the girls confessed to practicing prostitution in the two hotels, while the owners of one of the two hotels admitted to being aware of these acts and renting rooms for this purpose. The detainees also reported that these actions were being carried out with the facilitation of the person invited (L.D.), nicknamed “Umm Ali,” and the receptionist admitted that he knew that these actions were taking place inside the hotel.
All detainees were tested for drug abuse, and the results of eight of them were positive, so they were arrested for the Central Narcotics Control Office.
The two hotels were sealed with red wax, seven reports were prepared for the crime of entering the country surreptitiously against a number of detainees, and 5 search and investigation reports were circulated against suspects who were out of sight, while the seized items were deposited with the relevant authority, and work is underway to arrest the rest of those involved, based on the advice of the competent judiciary.