Saudi commerce authorities have seized large quantities of sweets unfit for human consumption during a raid on a suspected facility in Najran, southwest of the kingdom, ahead of the high-demand Eid Al Fitr season, media reports said. The Ministry of Commerce stated that its monitoring teams shut down a facility where illegal workers were producing sweets and pastries using expired ingredients. The workers were referred to authorities for legal action and “deterrent penalties.” The ministry did not specify the number of arrests. During the raid, officials confiscated and destroyed large quantities of expired sweets, chocolates, and pastries before they could reach the market. Documents and evidence linked to suspected commercial cover-up practices were also seized, according to the Saudi newspaper Al Yaum. Under Saudi Arabia’s anti-commercial fraud law, offenders face up to three years in prison, fines of up to SR1 million, or both. Violating expat workers are deported, while citizens involved are publicly named after final court rulings. Additionally, breaching the anti-commercial cover-up law carries penalties of up to five years in prison, fines up to SR5 million, and confiscation of illicit funds upon conviction.