ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - Monday, August 18th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

The Ministry of Interior managed to foil two attempts to smuggle 125,500 narcotic pills into the UAE. In the first instance, 45,500 narcotic pills were seized in Sharjah Creek from aboard a vessel coming from out of the country. In the second instance, the ministry thwarted an attempt to smuggle 80,000 narcotic pills through one of UAE’s land ports last month.

Colonel Saeed Abdullah Al Suwaidi, Director General, Anti-Narcotics Federal Directorate General at the Ministry of Interior, noted that the first operation occurred after receiving reliable information confirming that a drug trafficker intended to smuggle a large quantity of narcotic pills by boat. “Our officers managed to detect the vessel and find the contraband drugs. It appeared that the narcotic pills belonged to a crew member that a trafficker had assigned to smuggle into the UAE. These narcotics were to be delivered to s ... Read more »

LUXEMBOURG. - Monday, August 18th 2014 [ME NewsWire]
(BUSINESS WIRE) SES (NYSE Paris:SESG) (LuxX:SESG) announced today that it will be delivering direct-to-home (DTH) broadcast television across French-speaking countries in Sub-Saharan Africa for the Lomé-based consortium of West African broadcasters led by Africable and Media Plus.
The multi-year contract for two transponders will allow the new platform to deliver direct-to-home (DTH) television from its Bamako Teleport to member countries of the West African Economic and Monetary Union (also known by its French acronym UEMOA). The roll-out begins on 1 October 2014 across Mali, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast and Niger.
SES will provide the satellite capacity on its SES-4 satellite located at 22 degrees West, the company’s prime orbital slot for Francophone sub-Saharan Africa, providing 100% audience reach from urban to non-urban areas.
The service will offer a bouquet of 80 channels, free-to-air (FTA) and e ... Read more »

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - Thursday, August 14th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

The Traffic and Patrols Directorate at Abu Dhabi Police, represented by the Public Relations Section, organized a set of educational programs for children of the Petroleum Institute’s employees in Abu Dhabi. These programs are part of the summer camp activities organized by the Petroleum Institute (PI) for employees’ children, in collaboration with strategic partners, and aim at strengthening and promoting the traffic safety culture.

The programs included lectures as well as theoretical and practical activities highlighting the risks of jumping the red light. Children were also trained on the optimal ways of crossing the street at intersections, the traffic lights, the different pedestrian lights, and the risks of crossing the road in case the traffic signal didn’t turn red and the vehicles didn’t come to a complete stop.

As part of the awareness-raising program ... Read more »

With Special Focus on Elderly, Children, Women and People with Special Needs

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - Saturday, August 16th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

The Ministry of Interior issued a guidebook outlining the standard operating procedures to be adopted when dealing with the elderly, children, people with special needs and women, in the evidence collection process performed by the police. This step aims to unify procedures and mechanisms applied in dealing with cases of abuse against any of these groups, in the evidence collection process. This would provide a set of unified standards and specifications and prevent any independent reasoning that may affect the course of investigations and the evidence collection process, or may cause abuse victims to experience severe psychological effects.

This statement was made by Brigadier Ahmed Mohammed Nehkairah Al Mahrami, Head of Human Rights Department at the Ministry of Interior during the opening ceremony of a work ... Read more »

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - Saturday, August 16th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

In line with their unstinting efforts to curtail crime, Abu Dhabi Police managed to prevent a theft attempt that would have claimed the life of an Asian mobile shop owner in Al Musaffah area. The unprecedented achievement was carried out by ADP, who managed to arrest the suspect a few minutes before trying to rob the store, without the knowledge of the victim.

Major General Mohammed bin Al Awadhi Al Menhali, Director General of Police Operations at Abu Dhabi Police, said that the prompt response of ADP after receiving confidential information helped in proactively preventing the occurrence of the presumed crime.

He said, “In pursuance of its strategy and in line with the Police Leadership’s vision, Abu Dhabi Police endeavors to achieve a safe and secure society, in cooperation with other authorities. They also seek to maintain stability in the country, reduce crimes and con ... Read more »

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates - Friday, August 15th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

The “Tathqeef” education patrols at the Traffic and Patrols Directorate of Abu Dhabi Police operate within an integrated system to enhance and promote the traffic safety culture among the various society segments. These efforts would contribute to curbing traffic accidents and their severe risks.

Captain Hamdan Hassan bin Thaiban, Acting Chief of Public Relations Section at the Traffic and Patrols Directorate in Abu Dhabi Police, stressed the need for all community members to constantly acquire and develop a traffic safety culture. “To this end, the Traffic and Patrols Directorate at Abu Dhabi Police strives diligently to enhance traffic safety awareness among the public. This step is in pursuance of the Abu Dhabi Police’s traffic safety strategy and its community outreach methodology, aimed at elevating the concepts of traffic awareness to the highest international stand ... Read more »