Ramadan 2018: Over 100 beggars held in Dubai and Sharjah with in four days
Dubai Police monitor beggars electronically, through the e-patrol system of the cybercrime department as part of the anti-begging campaign, the residents were urged not to respond ‘sympathetically’ to unknown persons demanding money from outside the country. He added that such people know they do not fall under the law.
It’s been just four days into Ramadan, but the police in Dubai and Sharjah have already rounded up 91 beggars. In Dubai, the police arrested 78 beggars.
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Brigadier Mohammed Rashid bin Sari Al Muhairi, deputy director of the police’s criminal investigation department for crime monitor, warned residents not to sympathise with beggars as they use tricks to appeal to residents’ generosity, especially during the holy month.
In Sharjah, the police have rounded up 13 beggars. A top police officer said their campaign against the beggar menace has led to residents reporting beggars in large numbers.
Lt.-Col Abdul Rahman Al Shamsi, director of the police’s wanted department, said their annual anti-begging campaign during Ramadan has helped bring down the number of beggars in the emirate.
The Dubai Police launched an anti-begging campaign just before the holy month of Ramadan though begging incidents have shown tremendous drop in the emirate
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