Riyadh: The kingdom's powerful religious police say a Saudi man has died after he jumped from an apartment building in an attempt to flee a raid by their agents.

A religious police statement says the raid was carried out following reports the apartment was being used as a prostitution den. Thursday's statement says the apartment was equipped with cameras, allowing the man to see the agents as they attempted to storm the place.

The statement says four people were arrested in Tuesday's raid, including an alleged pimp and three women. It says all of them were non-Saudi.