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Beggar SMS: Cops are here

Hoodwinking authorities, beggars in Saudi Arabia have gone hi-tech, using mobiles to warn each other about the arrival of anti-begging squad...

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Hoodwinking authorities, beggars in Saudi Arabia have gone hi-tech, using mobiles to warn each other about the arrival of anti-begging squads.

The number of beggars in increases by 50 pc during Ramzan, majority of them being foreigners who use mobiles to inform the arrival of the police, a Saudi minister said.

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