Dubai to deport 309 illegal street vendors, beggars

Is the Bird of Doom now fluttering over the designer handbag/jeans/watch shops of Karama I wonder? This follows the earlier raid by authorities in Sharjah.
I like the numbers used in the article......exactly 309 illegal vendors and beggars were arrested, precisely 174 porn films confiscated, count 'em, 38 car washers and 6 butchers and fish cleaners collared.

Source:ArabianBusiness.com 7 September '09.
Image: Fotosearch.com
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Dubai Municipality in conjunction with Dubai Police arrested 309 illegal street vendors and beggars during August as part of its continued clampdown on law breakers.
Spot checks by municipality inspectors on streets and public areas across the city found 85 illegal street vendors, 180 beggars, 38 unlicenced car washers and six butchers and fish cleaners.
A total of 2,216 pirate DVDs and 174 pornographic films were seized in the raids, the authority said in a statement on Monday.
Some 599 counterfeit products, including clothes, perfumes, cameras and watches, were also confiscated, as well as 178 items of food, like boxes of fruit and vegetables.
The law breakers will be “handed over to the Dubai Naturalization and Residency Department for deportation in coordination with Dubai Police,” the statement said.
The seized goods will be destroyed after legal action is taken against the violators, officials said.

Raid on counterfeit truck parts in Sharjah.

Source: Construction Week Online, 26 August '09
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Sharjah Municipality, in coordination with Bosch and its UAE service providers, has recently conducted raids on two warehouses in Sharjah’s industrial area following reports of counterfeit auto parts trade.
The raids resulted in the confiscation and destruction this week of more than 30,000 counterfeit auto parts of various German brands. In addition, the counterfeit dealer was banned from participating in a major regional automotive exhibition.
It was revealed that the authorities who carried out the raids found that some of the fake products were already packed and ready to be shipped to a neighbouring GCC country.
“In our bid to fight counterfeiting, we have been working closely with our service providers who regularly update us and the municipalities with information about potential counterfeiters.” said Volker Bischoff, GM of Bosch ME. “We believe that this successful raid in Sharjah will send a strong message to those involved in dealing with fake auto parts that the UAE Government will not show any leniency towards offenders.”
Bischoff pointed out that counterfeiters are taking advantage of Bosch’s reputation of manufacturing top quality auto spare parts. “Motorists around the world know that the Bosch brand stands for excellence and quality, and unfortunately this is what the pirate manufacturers are capitalising on,” he said. “However, in recent years we have introduced several measures to combat product piracy, most importantly the keySecure label.”
Counterfeit parts are not to be confused with copy products. The former misleads the buyer about the brand of the component, while the latter are simply generic replacement parts.