In the context of strengthening community security to confront non -legal phenomena, the Muharraq Governorate Police Directorate intensified its campaigns to control begging cases in a number of areas of the governorate, to reduce this phenomenon that contradicts the laws and regulations in force. Where a number of people were seized and legal measures were taken against them.
The Directorate indicated that begging has negative effects on society, including moral and behavioral, which causes distortion of society, as it may be considered a cover for several types of crimes such as thefts, sexual harassment and the exploitation of children, as well as the spread of unemployment, as it is a means of earning money without effort, and that the awareness of the citizen and the resident of these negatives and his cooperation in facing this phenomenon ensures efforts to advance and stabilize society.
The Directorate confirmed the continuation of the campaigns to control the violators by allocating patrols in all areas of the governorate, to monitor the sites of begging cases and monitor the methods of begging and their causes.
Noting that the phenomenon of begging requires societal cooperation to reduce its negative effects, calling on citizens and residents to report any cases of begging through the approved official channels, in order to enhance the principle of security and community partnership. He is sure that the official authorities and charities provide legal channels to help the needy.
