Qatar on Monday announced its first arrests of World Cup ticket touts.
The FIFA World Cup host Country said three foreign men were arrested and detained outside official ticketing centres in Doha.
This was disclosed in a statement released on Twitter by the Country’s Interior Ministry.
The Ministry said; “Three people of different nationalities were arrested and now facing criminal proceedings.’’
The Ministry did not specify the nationalities of those arrested, only stated the men were caught “reselling tickets” outside “official outlets.”
It was reported that queues form daily outside FIFA’s main ticketing centre in central Doha, with people hoping to purchase sought-after match tickets.
The statement stressed that those arrested could face fines of up to 250,000 riyals ($68,000) for each ticket they were found to have sold.
Meanwhile, FIFA and the Qatari government had repeatedly warned about fake World Cup merchandise.
Last week, authorities had reported the seizure of 144 counterfeit World Cup trophies.