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All’s fair in love and war, the old saying goes. A love-smitten 14-year-old Arab girl allegedly ran away from her home in Kalba and checked herself in at a Fujairah hotel to teach her family a lesson for rejecting her boyfriend’s proposal to marry her.

A 52-year-old Asian who allegedly conned people promising to solve their marital and psychological problems with black magic was arrested by the Ajman Police on Tuesday.

The Anti-Narcotic Department of the Dubai Police has foiled two separate attempts to smuggle more than 6kg of cocaine in total into two other countries through the emirate.

As many as 355 persons were rounded up by the Interior Ministry personnel last week for violating laws pertaining to the entry and residency of foreigners in the UAE. The arrests include illegal immigrants.

A housewife filed a lawsuit against her husband accusing him of assaulting and threatening to kill her.

The Sharjah Police on Sunday arrested two Asians including a watchman allegedly for selling illegal phone cards which enable international calls for ten hours and above. The police said it was against the communication law in the country.

Two students and a restaurant manager stood trial on Sunday in the Court of First Instance allegedly for involvement in a fight in a restaurant.

The Dubai Police have referred six young UAE nationals to the Public Prosecution for allegedly killing an 18-year-old compatriot during a fight with knives and swords.

A two-year-old Emirati boy died on Saturday due to suffocation as his family forgot him in the car in front of his house in Kalba for four hours.