The Government of Dubai has detained 79 beachgoers for offenses ranging from topless sunbathing, full on nudity, and alleged sexy-time over the past two weeks. Newly planted undercover officers have been strolling the Emirate’s beaches while new guard towers survey the sands to enforce local indecency laws in the Islamic City-State. The government says they began the campaign after a British couple were caught allegedly having sex on a Dubai beach earlier this month.
Since then a total of 79 people have been detained by the government for activities “disturbing families enjoying the beach” according to a spokesman for Dubai’s Criminal Investigation Department. First time offenders may be issued a warning, but if there is a repeat offense the person could be sent to a public prosecutor for possible criminal charges.
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