{"id":4779,"date":"2017-02-18T15:54:05","date_gmt":"2017-02-18T15:54:05","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2017-02-18T15:54:05","modified_gmt":"2017-02-18T15:54:05","slug":"european-man-arrested-for-selling-sex-toys-on-facebook-in-dubai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/dubai\/en\/news\/european-man-arrested-for-selling-sex-toys-on-facebook-in-dubai\/","title":{"rendered":"A European Man Was Arrested For Selling Sex Toys On Facebook In Dubai"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"c-adunit c-adunit--mpu\">\n<div id=\"mpu\" class=\"c-adunit__container\"> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>A manager has been arrested for selling sex toys via a Facebook page and Facebook ads in Dubai.\u00a0It is illegal to sell sex toys in Dubai. A\u00a0report by <a href=\"http:\/\/gulfnews.com\/news\/uae\/courts\/manager-promoted-sex-toys-on-facebook-1.1980273#.WKgZzbc_pEI.twitter\" target=\"_blank\">Gulf News<\/a>\u00a0states that two European men in their 40s were apprehended during a raid on an apartment in Dubai Silicon Oasis. Over 150 sex\u00a0toys were found at the location. The second suspect is accused of failing to report a crime to the authorities.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3>One of the men, who remain unnamed, told police&#8230;<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"content__quote\">\n<p>\u201cPolice raided my flat at 11am shortly after I had sold a sex toy to an Arab man. The items were sexual materials and I used to import them from China to sell them in Dubai. I was aware that advertising and selling such items is against the law, but I sold them because I needed money. I had started selling them six months prior to my arrest\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"c-adunit c-adunit--mpu_mid\">\n<div id=\"mpu_mid\" class=\"c-adunit__container\"> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A manager has been arrested for selling sex toys via a Facebook page and Facebook ads in Dubai.\u00a0It is illegal to sell sex toys in Dubai. A\u00a0report by Gulf News\u00a0states that two European men in their 40s were apprehended during a raid on an apartment in Dubai Silicon Oasis. 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