Saudi Police Stop Land Auction
Makkah police stopped the public auction of a piece of land for the second day shortly after it started. A group of citizens claimed ownership of the land and they called for police help, Al-Madinah newspaper reported. The angry citizens entered the auction trying to stop the sale and protect the land upon which they laid claim. The land, containing around 1,300 partitioned plots, is located 12 kilometers away from the Grand Mosque to the right-hand side of the famous Makkah Gate. The total area of the land covers more than 1.6 million square meters and has a value of SR250 to SR1,200 per square meter.Abdul Aziz Al-Essa, one of the men seeking to sell the land, said he and his partners would go ahead with the auction. He said, “We sold more than half of the plots in the first two days. Our customers are all over the Kingdom, but the number increased in Riyadh after we made a live connection between the plot in Makkah and our office in Riyadh through satellite,†said Essa.
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