The director of the Department of Infiltrators at the General Department of Investigations and Criminal Investigations in Dubai Police, Colonel Ali Salem, reported that 102 beggars of various nationalities were arrested, as part of the "Struggle for Begging" campaign launched by the Dubai Police General Command at the beginning of the current month of Ramadan in cooperation with the partners, where police called Dubai to report beggars who take advantage of the blessed month of Ramadan to sympathize and beg the passers-by to beg and collect money, especially with the current circumstances.
Colonel Ali Salem said that the General Administration of Criminal Investigations and Investigations has developed an integrated security plan to combat begging in cooperation with partners, and to intensify patrols in places where beggars are expected to be present, noting that begging is related to negative behaviors that threaten the security of society and the lives and property of its members, and offend the image of the state, And deformed its cultural appearance, as a result of the risks associated with begging, including committing some crimes such as theft, the exploitation of children, patients and people with disabilities in begging, and the achievement of unlawful gains.
Colonel Ali Salem called for not responding to begging beggars, or dealing with them with feelings of compassion and sympathy for their appearance, and to help the police agencies to immediately report any beggars that are monitored anywhere on the call center (901) or the police eye platform through smart applications of Dubai Police.
He also called on members of society to contribute positively to the security services in curbing the phenomenon of begging, by donating their charitable funds to charitable bodies and societies, so that they can ensure that they reach the deserved poor and needy, and that they are not a cause for the spread of crimes committed by beggars under the cover of begging.
Colonel Ali Salem warned community members not to be victims of electronic sympathy messages that beggars send through social media and e-mail and include fabricated accounts, demanding that they be ignored and not be led by or believed, and reported on via the ecrime platform concerned with receiving the communications of members of the public related to electronic crime in a smooth and easy way from Through the electronic address www.ecrime.ae