| Man caught promoting heroin | | An Asian man has been arrested after a sting operation carried out by the Dubai Police foiled his attempts to promote large quantities of heroin in the country. | | 100kg banned substances seized | | More than 100 kilograms of prohibited substances, such as sexual stimulants and weight loss medicines, were seized by the Abu Dhabi Municipality during an inspection of an exhibition at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre. | | Teen hacks mother to death in Fujairah | | A 17-year-old Emirati boy has allegedly hacked his 40-year-old mother to death after seeing her in a compromising position with a Bangladeshi farm worker, in an “alien” crime. | | Ex-Nakheel executive, compatriot jailed, fined | | A former executive manager of one of Dubai’s biggest property companies has been sentenced to 10 years’ prison alongside his Australian compatriot, while the pair must jointly fork out Dh88 million. | | 50% of child abusers are close to victims’ families: Official | | Fifty per cent of the molesters of children are family members or those close to their families, Major Arif Ali bin Shebu and Captain Nasser Abdul-Aziz Al Khajah from the Dubai Police’s Criminal Investigation Department said in a lecture here on Tuesday. | |
