DUBAI // A policeman stole a BlackBerry and used a stolen driving licence to sell it to a shop in Ajman, a court heard today.
Prosecutors said that MS, 25, an Emirati, stole the BlackBerry from a desk at his workplace on November 13 last year. He then drove to a phone shop in Ajman where he used a driving licence that was not his to identify himself when selling the device.
The court heard the real owner of the licence had left it at a petrol station as a guarantee he would return to pay for fuel, but the policeman paid the outstanding bill and took the licence instead.
The policeman was charged with theft, illegally obtaining a driving licence belonging to another person and with using that licence.
He was not present at the Criminal Court to enter a plea.
The case was adjourned to May 30.
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From Europe to the Middle East, economic success brings wealth - and lifestyle diseases
A rise in obesity figures and the need for more public spending is a familiar trend in the developing world as western lifestyles are adopted.
One in five deaths around the world is now caused by bad diet, with obesity the fastest growing global risk. A high body mass index is also the top cause of metabolic diseases relating to death and disability in Kuwait, Qatar and Oman – and second on the list in Bahrain.
In Britain, heart disease, lung cancer and Alzheimer’s remain among the leading causes of death, and people there are spending more time suffering from health problems.
The UK is expected to spend $421.4 billion on healthcare by 2040, up from $239.3 billion in 2014.
And development assistance for health is talking about the financial aid given to governments to support social, environmental development of developing countries.
