Bad year for cigarette litter-bugs in Abu Dhabi

Abu Dhabi law-enforcers this year fined 816 people for throwing cigarette butts on the road, according to an Emirates 24/7 story.

‘Most of those fined were caught red-handed dumping their cigarette butts on the ground in public places despite repeated warnings by the Abu Dhabi municipality’, the story reported.

Municipality officials said inspectors caught the offenders during routine patrols in public places.

Hundreds of inspectors were deployed daily through the emirate for this purpose.

There was no mention of whether anybody was prosecuted for discarding other types of litter.