Muscat: A group of expat workers in Liwa were arrested, the Ministry of Environment and Climate Affairs announced.
According to officials, the workers were found disposing “harmful waste water and liquid” in unauthorised locations in Liwa.
According to the statement put out by the ministry, "The Department of Environment and Climate Affairs in Northern Al Batinah arrested a group of expatriate workers [for] discharging liquid and harmful waste water in different unauthorised locations in the state of Liwa."
The sites were closed and the violators were referred to the concerned legal authorities.