The Special Forces for Environmental Security caught a citizen violating the environmental system for failing to comply with instructions and guidelines for preserving vegetation by lighting a fire in non-designated areas in the Imam Faisal bin Turki Royal Reserve, and legal procedures were taken against him.

The Forces stressed that the penalty for lighting a fire in non-designated areas in forests and national parks is a fine of up to (3,000) riyals, urging reporting of any cases of aggression against the environment or wildlife by calling (911) in the regions of Makkah, Madinah, Riyadh, and the Eastern Province, and (999) and (996) in the rest of the Kingdom's regions, and all reports will be treated with complete confidentiality without any liability on the reporter.