Resident fined AED 1.5 mn for harbouring infiltrators
The Bani Yas Court of First Instance has fined a Yemeni resident AED 1.5 million and sentenced him to two months in prison for harbouring 15 infiltrators whom he helped to enter the country and stay illegally.
The court also sentenced the first suspect and the 15 infiltrators to two months each in prison, and deportation after serving their jail terms.
The fine was tipped as the highest of its kind in the history of the primary courts in regard to cases dealing with federal law foe entry and residency of foreigners since the end of the grace period granted by the government to illegal stayers to correct their status on 3 November 2007.
The suspect was arrested during a crackdown conducted by the Violators' Follow up Unit on Bani Yas.
Court records indicated that the Yemeni suspect, who himself sneaked into the country, has facilitated the entry of 15 Yemenis through Oman and aided them to stay and work illegally.
He charged each of them AED 200 for accommodation in a room at Bani Yas. WAM
The court also sentenced the first suspect and the 15 infiltrators to two months each in prison, and deportation after serving their jail terms.
The fine was tipped as the highest of its kind in the history of the primary courts in regard to cases dealing with federal law foe entry and residency of foreigners since the end of the grace period granted by the government to illegal stayers to correct their status on 3 November 2007.
The suspect was arrested during a crackdown conducted by the Violators' Follow up Unit on Bani Yas.
Court records indicated that the Yemeni suspect, who himself sneaked into the country, has facilitated the entry of 15 Yemenis through Oman and aided them to stay and work illegally.
He charged each of them AED 200 for accommodation in a room at Bani Yas. WAM
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