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This criminal act violates Law No 21 of 2015 that regulates the entry and exit of expatriates and their residency.

The International Communication Section of the Department of Studies and International Affairs at the directorate had received a tip-off about the attempt, leading to the arrest of the European citizen.

Seven individuals with four bags of counterfeit currencies have been held by officials at the Economic and Cyber Crimes Combating Department at the Ministry of Interior.

The latest data shared by the Ministry of Interior (MOI) confirms a further drop in Qatar’s crime rate reaffirming the country's rank as the safest not just in the region but across the globe.

The Indian Embassy in Qatar has warned its countrymen to not respond to telephone calls claiming to be made from the embassy and never to reveal any sensitive information to fraudsters.

Officers from Qatar’s Criminal Investigation Department has arrested three people who stole mobile recharge cards and money from different parts of the country.

Eagle-eyed customs officials at the Hamad Port have foiled an attempt by smugglers to sneak in more than 950 packets of chewing tobacco, hidden beneath a shipment of paper cups.

An explosive new report says that the UAE used cyber-spying tools to hack into iPhones of hundreds of targets around the globe, including HH The Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani.

The Court of Appeal has upheld the Criminal Court’s verdict of five years jail and QR200,000 fine for two Asian expats for illegally peddling in marijuana.

The Criminal Court has found a man guilty of insulting a woman while on a shuttle bus at the Hamad International Airport and fined him QR5,000.

The beIN Media Group has launched a website that holds to account Saudi Arabia-based pirating channel beoutQ, which has been stealing copyrighted content from around the world on an industrial level.

Qatar’s alert security forces, acting swiftly on a tip-off, foiled an attempt by two Asian nationals to smuggle 28kg of hashish into the country.

A man, who duped an Arab expatriate out of QR200,000 after promising him shares in an educational institution, has been sentenced in absentia to one year in jail.

Qatar Airways has published an official advisory warning customers to be wary of online ticket scams by fraudulent phishing websites, which could compromise the personal information of users.

An Arab national has been punished to 10 years in jail and ordered to pay QR200,000 for illegally peddling in drugs in Qatar.

Sleuths from the Ministry of Economy and Commerce has shut down a mobile phone shop in the Al Rayyan area for selling fake batteries disguising it as originals.

An illegal hunter, who recorded himself using a banned hunting apparatus and posted it on social media site Snapchat, has been apprehended by officials of the Ministry of Municipality and Environment.

Doha-based Qatar Press Centre says it was deeply concerned with the recent disappearance of Saudi Arabian journalist Jamal Khashoggi and hoped the case would soon be solved.

The Ministry of Economy and Commerce fined and shut down a mobile shop for two weeks after they were caught selling counterfeit mobile phone batteries as genuine ones.

Qatar’s Ministry of Economy and Commerce cracks the whip on errant businesses and has registered 51 violations against them in the month of August.