Saudi police announced on Tuesday that they had arrested a 14-year-old boy who appeared in a viral video dancing on a main road in Saudi Arabia's Riyadh.

Police spokesman colonel Ati bin Atiya al-Qarshi said that the "accused" had been arrested after relevant evidence had been gathered and "confidential investigations" had been completed.

The video appears to show the boy doing the Macarena, a mid-1990s' dance phenomenon, while standing in front of a row of cars on a crossing on Riyadh's Prince Mohamed bin Abdulaziz Road.

The boy is seen dancing in the middle of a four-lane road and appearing to stop traffic.

The video first appeared online in 2016, but was later removed.

Social media users had taken the video, which resurfaced on social media last week, in good humour.

This video is so funny I loved it 😂😂👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 https://t.co/rkzPdnMKCq — فــاطمـة 🐞 (@Fatemah_Mahmeed) August 22, 2017

That's the kind of son I wanna have 👌🏼😂 https://t.co/iCDJ8Kyfdk — سَهِيْرة النّهَارِي (@sahiranahari) August 22, 2017

Translation: He's like a dancing marshmallow

I love him https://t.co/Joa5BHdkvJ — ايمي روكو (@AmyRoko) August 22, 2017

As the news of his arrest was revealed, users expressed their surprise

Surprised they didn't decapitate him already https://t.co/3tXoiePAg7 — Ahmad AlMot (@AhmadAlmot) August 21, 2017

A couple of users agreed with his arrest

This boy was later arrested...

Deserved to be arrested for being a nuisance https://t.co/pgbQY58wnz — Cherry Analysts🍒 (@CherryAnalysts) August 22, 2017

Earlier this month, a Saudi entertainer was arrested by Saudi authorities for "dabbing," a popular dance move, at a concert in the country's western city of Taif.

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