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According to a foreign news agency, Dubai Police said members of the group would stop drivers on the roads and ask them for money, claiming they needed financial assistance to cover travel expenses. 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The arrests followed a tip-off via the Police Eye service on the Dubai Police app that reported people approaching drivers and gaining sympathy by claiming they were stranded and needed money to pay for travel. Police teams launched investigations which identified one suspect. Officers then tracked his movements to uncover a wider…","published":"2026-09-28T14:12:10Z","seen":"2026-09-28T14:27:28Z","lang":"en","source":{"id":"kite-thenationalnews-com-2cb87a","name":"thenationalnews.com","domain":"thenationalnews.com","outlet":{"wikidata":"Q2544289","name":"The National","type":"newspaper","country":"AE","designations":["newspaper"]}},"via":"kite-thenationalnews-com-2cb87a","topics":["middle-east"],"authors":["The National"],"image":"https://www.thenationalnews.com/resizer/v2/42JKO5APBBF5FM7U7IRTPIM7RQ.jpg?auth=5c4c699527f0da2003195d1081963955a81edf4e06b8c39403f637e8a0af9b4d&height=445&smart=true&width=668","mentions":2,"story":"st_mrui5vpwqxowi7mi55sa","category":"crime-law","category_p":0.7599999904632568,"sentiment":"negative","tone":-0.6499999761581421,"political":0.11999999731779099},{"id":"n_5kbh7oh6byvyjfsdwogq","seq":421329,"kind":"article","title":"Dubai Police arrest 22-member begging gang targeting motorists","url":"https://gulfnews.com/uae/crime/dubai-police-arrest-22-member-begging-gang-after-police-eye-tip-off-1.500690734","published":"2026-09-28T11:54:46Z","seen":"2026-09-28T12:19:33Z","lang":"en","source":{"id":"kite-prod-qt-images-s3-amazonaws-com-8fc9f8","name":"prod-qt-images.s3.amazonaws.com","domain":"prod-qt-images.s3.amazonaws.com"},"via":"kite-prod-qt-images-s3-amazonaws-com-8fc9f8","topics":["middle-east","crime","dubai"],"authors":["Aghaddir Ali"],"story":"st_mrui5vpwqxowi7mi55sa","category":"crime-law","category_p":0.7300000190734863,"sentiment":"negative","tone":-0.6899999976158142,"political":0.10999999940395355},{"id":"n_mrui5vpwqxowi7mi55sa","seq":417466,"kind":"article","title":"Dubai Police arrest 22 beggars targeting motorists on busy roads","url":"https://www.khaleejtimes.com/uae/dubai-police-arrest-beggars-targeting-motorists-after-tip-off","summary":"A tip-off submitted through Dubai Police’s Police Eye service has led to the arrest of an organised gang comprising 22 people accused of begging across the emirate. According to Dubai Police, the suspects were operating on several major and busy roads, where they allegedly approached motorists and sought to gain their sympathy by claiming they needed money to cover travel expenses. The report, filed through the Dubai Police app, helped officers identify the group’s modus…","published":"2026-09-28T11:45:29Z","seen":"2026-09-28T11:50:18Z","lang":"en","source":{"id":"kite-khaleejtimes-com-192531","name":"khaleejtimes.com","domain":"khaleejtimes.com","outlet":{"wikidata":"Q1579995","name":"Khaleej Times","type":"newspaper","country":"AE","designations":["newspaper"]}},"via":"kite-khaleejtimes-com-192531","topics":["middle-east","uae"],"image":"https://imgengine.khaleejtimes.com/khaleejtimes-english/2026-09-28/06g3uoz4/IMG8502.jpeg?w=280","story":"st_mrui5vpwqxowi7mi55sa","category":"crime-law","category_p":0.6800000071525574,"sentiment":"negative","tone":-0.7699999809265137,"political":0.12999999523162842}]}