Riyadh, March 24: Saudi Arabia has broken up three Al-Qaeda cells operating in the kingdom, the interior ministry said on Wednesday.
One cell consisted of 101 people, and two smaller cells were made up of six men each.
The large cell comprised 47 Saudis and 51 Yemenis, as well as a Somali, a Bangladeshi and a Eritrean, said a statement read out on state television.
The two smaller groups were made up of 11 Saudis and a Yemeni.
The group was preparing to perpretrate “acts of terror” in the kingdom, the ministry added.
Arms, ammunition, computers, pre-paid telephone cards and unspecified documents were all seized in the operation.
Saudi officials said they have broken up several plots to launch attacks inside the kingdom in the past year.
—Agencies