Police arrest female beggar staying in 5-star hotel
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The anti-begging campaign by Dubai Police, which began on June 7, has exposed a new category of beggars, who stay in 5-star hotels in Dubai and enter the country on business visas, according to a report in ‘Emarat Al Youm’.
Dubai Police arrested 70 such beggars, said Colonel Mohammed Rashid Al Muhairi, Director, Tourism Security, CID.
They stand before mosques, malls and roam the streets in poor clothes, but otherwise dress according to their station.
Recalling an incident, Lieutenant Colonel Ali Salem, Director, Infiltrators and Illegal Department, CID, Dubai Police, said when cops nabbed an Arab woman she pleaded with officials not to arrest her as she is a mother of four kids and they are all alone. Police discovered the kids aged between three and nine years in a 5-star hotel.
She had entered the country on a business visa and paid hotel charges on a daily basis. Police seized Dhs13,000 from her. She claimed that her husband was suffering from some hardships and so she had come to beg and earn.
The woman has been referred to Public Prosecution.
Brit, She wanted the best for her loving kids ............ .................. ................... Mon, 22.06.2015, 10.00 hrs
Smart way may not be the right way ............ Thanks for the true story Accha ......... ........... Mon, 22.06.2015, 09.59 hrs
In the 90s I read in the Arab News about a beggar in Cairo who sat near an important tourist destination. He wore a cast on his fractured legs. It was during one those evenings a policeman spotted this beggar making a call over his mobile (a costly item in those days) that suspicion arose. The policeman discretely followed the beggar to his home. When he knocked at the door some moments after the beggar had entered the house, the same "beggar" standing on two healthy legs opened the door. A further inspection of his house revealed he had around 90,000 dollars stashed in cash which he had accumulated through his "business." When questioned by the police on the call he had made, the "beggar" replied he was just informing his wife to ready the meal as he was on his way home after the day's work!
MM & Humbels or shall I say Mumbles..
If you were desperate to save money, would you stay in a 5 star hotel ?
She is a scam artist and deserves to go to jail
Humbles, Thanks for your understanding ............... ................... .......................... ................ . Sun 21.06.2015, 10.39 hrs .............
Hope the courts take a lenient view considering her plight & the kids issue.
Well said MM, agree with you .
We pass through bad patches in life ..... sometimes ........... nobody has control over the circumstances ............. Sun 21.06.2015, 08.57 hrs .............
Sister needs to be forgiven as we all make mistake from sunrise to sunset , she told the truth that point is sufficient to give her due honour ............... ........... ................. ................. .................. .................. ... Sun 21.06.2015, 08.53 hrs .............