The Saudi government has raided the country's markets to fix prices.
The Saudi government has raided the country's markets to fix prices.
The Saudi Arabian Ministry of Commerce said that it has sent a group of people to check the prices of goods in the cities of Makkah and Madinah during the month of Ramadan.
The monitoring team, which works with other agencies, has been set up to see if businesses are following consumer protection laws or not.
The agency also said that the work is part of what the ministry is doing to make sure that there are enough consumer goods to meet the needs of the people and to find a way to get goods to the markets.
A team of inspectors is going through the shops on the streets of Makkah and Madinah very carefully. This is especially important right now, when there are a lot of Umrah pilgrims in the country.
They are also checking gas stations and places that fix cars to make sure the people who work there are following the ministry's order on setting prices.
Even before Ramadan fasting began, the ministry took steps to make sure that there were enough supplies for fasting in the country's markets and that they were of good quality.
Along with checking the products whose expiration dates have passed so that they can take legal action against the store owners who won't get rid of them.
The ministry also asked people to let them know how to reach them if they had a problem with a trader they thought was committing fraud in their business.