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Jump to full article: The Hindu Online (in), 2008-10-09
Intro: People in the UAE caught selling betel leaves, 'Pan Masala' or chewing tobacco will be deported immediately.
Not only this, residents in this city in Emirates have been told they can earn rewards upto Dirhams 5,000 by informing the civic authorities about such an activity, a local newspaper has reported.
Launching a campaign against spitting and littering, Hussain Nasser Lootah, the assistant director general of Dubai Municipality (DM) announced that manufacturing and selling of such products was banned in the Emirate, Khaleej Times reported.
"From now on, we are not going to give the guilty a first, second or third warning. They will be deported immediately. Shops found selling these products will be closed down without any delay," Lootah quoted by the newspaper as saying.
The civic body has also raised the reward for those informing about such cases from Dirhams 2,000 to Dirhams 5,000.
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