UAE: Shock jockey scam smashed

Undercover agents in Dubai have broken up an operation using devices that delivered electric shocks to racing camels to make them run faster.

Small vibrating robot "jockeys" are used on camels for racing in the United Arab Emirates. Authorities banned the use of child riders several years ago after complaints by rights groups.

Reports say police posing as buyers arrested the suspects at a camel racing track. The units allegedly sold for up to 500 - about 30 times the cost for the regular robots.