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05 November 2024

77 illegals, absconders arrested in Abu Dhabi

The cooking gas cylinders fraudsters nabbed in Ras Al Khaimah.

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By Mohammad El Sadafy

The UAE Ministry of the Interior has arrested 74 Asians and Africans in Abu Dhabi for violating the country’s residency laws.

47 of those held were men and the remaining 27 women.

Some of them were illegal residents while others had fled from their sponsors.

Most of them were nabbed in Madinat Zayed , Central Market and Musaffah.

The ministry also arrested six people in Ras Al Khaimah for emptying cooking gas from small cylinders into large ones and trying to sell them off as big gas cylinders.