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Expats in UAE fined for driving without licences
The Fujairah Traffic Court has fined two expatriates a total of Dh11,000 for driving without a valid licence and causing damage to other vehicles.
- Staff Report
- Published: 00:38 May 16, 2008
Fujairah: The Fujairah Traffic Court has fined two expatriates a total of Dh11,000 for driving without a valid licence and causing damage to other vehicles. Indian A.R.N., was arrested in April after the car he was driving crashed against two others in Shaikh Zayed Road in Fujairah.
Police discovered he had no driving licence and was driving the car without the owner's permission.
A Chinese woman was also arrested on the same charges of driving without a licence and without the owner's permission after the car she was driving hit a parked car on the Hamad Bin Abdullah Street.
Both cases were admitted before Fujairah's Traffic Court by the Fujairah Public Prosecution.
The court found the two guilty of the charges and fined each of them Dh5,000 for driving without a valid licence, Dh200 for driving a car without the owner's permission and Dh300 for causing damage to cars.
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