Man held for selling tobacco to school boys

Ajman’s police arrested a jobless Asian man for trying to sell tobacco and other banned items to school boys in the emirate.

The man, who is staying illegally in the UAE, had approached a 14-year-old student to help him promote his products in schools in return for part of the profits, Emirat Alyoum daily.

“The boy told his father, who reported the Asian man to the police…after arresting him, police found that the man is jobless and is staying illegally in the UAE,” it said.