Customs officials foiled 1,076 attempts to bring in religious materials into the Kingdom over the past two years, including 101,296 books and religious tapes banned from entry for containing violating content.

Sources reveal customs officials also seized animals and birds, including rare snakes, coming from African countries for the purpose of selling to animal shops in the Kingdom; 1,235 cases involving 110,700 rare animals and birds were seized.

Individuals bringing materials such as prohibited religious tapes and books are not held by authorities unless the materials contain content that is illegal in the Kingdom, in which case the individual is handed over to authorities for further measures.

According to lawyer and legal adviser Dr. Omar Al-Khouly, most of of the seized material at ports does not require the arrest of the person bringing them in, but there are regulations in place that prevent the entry of some material and thus they must be confiscated by customs officials.

If such books and tapes contain extremist and violent content, the content is seized and the person traveling to the Kingdom is referred to a specialized committee at the port consisting of representatives of the Ministries of Health, Agriculture and Media to decide if the person should be handed over to authorities or not.

Regarding rare animals and birds, he said they are seized and the person who brought them is let go without taking a pledge, but the matter differs when It comes to drugs and alcohol, in which case the individual is handed over to the committee to write an arrest report and then is transferred over to security authorities.

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