Dubai Police warns against dealing with beggars and roaming butchers on Eid Al Adha

The Director of the Criminal Phenomena Department at the General Department of Criminal Investigations and Investigations in Dubai Police, Brigadier Ali Salem Al Shamsi, warned against dealing with beggars and itinerant butchers, who exploit the circumstances, especially at the time of holidays and events, noting that 50 beggars and itinerant butchers were arrested on Eid Al Adha last year.

Brigadier Ali Salem Al Shamsi said that Dubai Police, as part of its continuous keenness to combat all negative manifestations that affect society, always monitors the fraudulent methods of beggars with the aim of developing plans and programs to combat and reduce them in order to arrest those involved to protect society, through the “Anti Begging” campaign implemented by the Dubai Police General Command in cooperation with partners.

Brigadier General Ali Salem explained that the goal of the “Fight Begging” campaign is to combat all forms of begging, whether traditional in places where worshipers gather, councils, and markets, or non-traditional such as electronic begging or requesting donations to build mosques abroad, or claiming to request assistance for humanitarian cases and others, indicating that the campaign seeks to achieve several goals, most notably preserving the civilized image of society, protecting society from crimes associated with traditional and electronic begging, and combating and preventing the crimes of begging and organized begging.

Exploiting feelings
He pointed out that beggars always try to exploit the feelings and atmosphere of mercy and affection that prevail in the month of Ramadan or during the time of holidays and occasions to achieve illegal gains, warning against dealing with these behaviors that take several forms, including exploiting children, the sick, and people of determination in begging in order to gain sympathy, as several cases have been caught of women begging with children with them.

Brigadier General Ali Salem added that beggars seek people’s sympathy on occasions of worship and holidays to beg fraudulently and professionally, which is a criminal offense punishable by law.

Brigadier General Ali Salem stressed that there are official channels for charitable work and the provision of aid through charitable bodies and institutions to ensure that donations reach those who deserve them, urging donations through these channels.

Itinerant butchers

Brigadier General Ali Salem also warned the public against dealing with itinerant butchers, calling for avoiding the dangers of unsanitary slaughter, indicating that the practices of itinerant butchers pose a great danger to public health, because their health requirements are incomplete, if not non-existent in most cases. They also carry out the slaughter process and do not adhere to health requirements and in unsanitary and unclean locations, because the place in which they slaughter is not subject to sterilization, in addition to the tools that the itinerant butcher uses are The same tools he moves from one house to another, without cleaning or sterilizing.

Reporting channels
Brigadier Ali Salem called on members of the public to report beggars or wandering butchers by calling the toll-free number (901) or the “Police Eye” service available on the Dubai Police application on smartphones, in addition to reporting cases of electronic begging via the “E-crime” electronic platform.