A sales representative who forged documents to have his two dogs released from quarantine will spend a year in prison.
Prosecutors said that on August 24, the defendant — a 26-year-old Syrian man — received two dogs from Brazil. As per UAE law, the dogs were sent for quarantine to undergo check-ups for infections.
The Filipino veterinarian who dealt with the case said that after receiving the dogs he sent them to Terminal 2 for quarantine.
“Two hours later I returned to check on them and didn't find them. I was told they were discharged,” the 33-year-old man said.
The vet said he requested their discharge documents from the Dubai customs office at the airport "because I knew they hadn't yet undergone a check-up."
He said that when he checked their documents he noticed that the stamp, which was attributed to the Ministry of Climate Change and Environment, was not an original, so he reported the incident.
Police arrested the accused on September 14. He was charged with altering an official document, forging an official stamp and using the forged official stamp.
During the prosecution’s questioning, he allegedly admitted that he wanted to get the dogs out before they could be seen by a vet but when he appeared at Dubai Criminal Court in December last year, he denied all charges.
On Sunday he was convicted of altering an official document, forging an official stamp and using the forged official stamp and sentenced to one year in prison followed by deportation.
The defendant can appeal the verdict within two weeks.
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Banned items
Dubai Police has also issued a list of banned items at the ground on Sunday. These include:
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Where to buy art books in the UAE
There are a number of speciality art bookshops in the UAE.
In Dubai, The Lighthouse at Dubai Design District has a wonderfully curated selection of art and design books. Alserkal Avenue runs a pop-up shop at their A4 space, and host the art-book fair Fully Booked during Art Week in March. The Third Line, also in Alserkal Avenue, has a strong book-publishing arm and sells copies at its gallery. Kinokuniya, at Dubai Mall, has some good offerings within its broad selection, and you never know what you will find at the House of Prose in Jumeirah. Finally, all of Gulf Photo Plus’s photo books are available for sale at their show.
In Abu Dhabi, Louvre Abu Dhabi has a beautiful selection of catalogues and art books, and Magrudy’s – across the Emirates, but particularly at their NYU Abu Dhabi site – has a great selection in art, fiction and cultural theory.
In Sharjah, the Sharjah Art Museum sells catalogues and art books at its museum shop, and the Sharjah Art Foundation has a bookshop that offers reads on art, theory and cultural history.
The rules on fostering in the UAE
A foster couple or family must:
- be Muslim, Emirati and be residing in the UAE
- not be younger than 25 years old
- not have been convicted of offences or crimes involving moral turpitude
- be free of infectious diseases or psychological and mental disorders
- have the ability to support its members and the foster child financially
- undertake to treat and raise the child in a proper manner and take care of his or her health and well-being
- A single, divorced or widowed Muslim Emirati female, residing in the UAE may apply to foster a child if she is at least 30 years old and able to support the child financially
