The police of the Shehn District in Al-Mahra Governorate announced, on Wednesday, the arrest of a gang of four people who robbed a closed hotel in the district.

The Shihn Police said in a statement that they “were able to arrest four people after they stole the contents of the Holidayn Hotel, located in the city of Shihn, which has been closed for more than a year.”

She indicated, “Two defendants were arrested by the security of the city of Seiyun in Hadramaut Governorate, and they were in possession of part of the stolen items.”

Dr. Rashid Al-Salahi, Deputy Director of Security of the Shihn Directorate, said, “The incident came after a search and investigation process that resulted in finding the perpetrators,” noting that one of them was a child no more than 7 years old.

He pointed out that “the seized items in their possession, estimated at approximately 5 million Yemeni riyals, were seized, and the accused were referred to the prosecution to complete the legal procedures against them.”