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A big blaze gutted nine warehouses in Sharjah putting assets worth millions of dirhams to ashes. The fire in Industrial Area 6 started at 9.25pm on Saturday and took fire fighters from Sharjah, Ajman and Dubai about an hour to control the blaze, according to Brigadier Abdullah Saeed Al Suwaidi, director of the Sharjah Civil Defence.
A sales executive (41) who allegedly offered Dh2,500 bribe to an employee at the Dubai Culture and Arts Authority, was charged with attempted bribery of a public employee on Sunday in the Court of First Instance.
A 20-year-old employee stood trial on Sunday in the Court of First Instance on the charge of assaulting a teen.
The parents of a child who was left brain damaged after an obstetrician’s error during childbirth have been awarded Dh1.3 million in compensation.
Around 290 Emirati defaulters have so far been released in Abu Dhabi since the President, His Highness Shaikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, gave instructions on October 25, 2012, for immediate release of those who have been jailed or convicted over bounced security cheques to banks or finance companies.
The Abu Dhabi Police seized 16kgs of heroin and busted an eight-member international gang of narcotics smugglers, in a joint sting operation between the UAE and Pakistan.
Nine Asians have been arrested for gambling and betting in Sharjah, the police said on Saturday.
A 49-year-old woman allegedly committed suicide by jumping from the ninth floor of a building just months after her elder daughter was killed in a road accident. The incident happened in Sharjah’s Buhairah area on Thursday night.
Two Indian men were each sentenced to five years in prison on Wednesday as they were found guilty of human trafficking and forcing a Bangladeshi female teen into prostitution.
