Authorities in Saudi Arabia have fined camel owners for "injecting them [camels] with harmful substances" in an attempt to make them look more beautiful.

The Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture handed out hefty fines of 67,000 riyals ($17,865) to the animal owners after learning that they had violated a number of animal welfare laws.

The offenders were fined for "selling sick animals to customers, failing to provide proper living conditions for their animals, and carrying out illegal Botox procedures on camels to give them poutier lips," according to Gulf News.

Fines were also handed out to one pet shop for "displaying and selling sick animals in poor living conditions" and a truck driver for not taking appropriate safety measures while transporting pets and birds.

Injecting camels with cosmetic substances such as Botox is not a foreign concept in Saudi Arabia.

Earlier this year, more than ten camels were disqualified from the "King Abdulaziz Camel Beauty Contest" because their trainers used Botox.

Other than getting their animals disqualified during the contest, the trainers are now barred from participating in the pageant for five years and also faced fines at the time.

"They use Botox for the lips, the nose, the upper lips, the lower lips and even the jaw," Ali Al Mazrouei, a regular attendee of the contest and son of a top Emirati camel breeder, told The National.

"It makes the head more inflated so when the camel comes, it’s like, 'Oh look at how big that head is. It has big lips, a big nose,'" he added.

During a camel beauty pageant, the animals are ranked based on their lips, cheeks, heads, and knees.

A Dubai-based taxi driver is on trial for allegedly sexually harassing a woman he was driving around in the emirate, Khaleej Times reported. 

The 29-year-old Pakistani driver was accused of inappropriately touching the victim, who was sitting in the front seat of the vehicle, going as far as hitting "her on her rear."

The woman reported the incident to Bur Dubai Police Station hours after it took place on June 2. In her complaint, she said the driver had asked her to sit next to him so she could help him navigate to her destination.

Sharing details of the horrific assault, the woman said: 

"He began asking me personal questions. He suddenly put his hand on me. I asked him to stop but he said he wanted to feel the muscles of my leg. He kept touching me." 

She also explained that she pushed his hand away and repeatedly asked him to stop talking to her. 

"I noticed he was taking a diversion. He even wanted to kiss me but I told him to stop." 

The woman eventually managed to convince her attacker of stopping the car. She said the man kept touching her even as she was leaving the vehicle. Shaken, she called authorities as soon as she got back to her hotel.

After the driver was called in for questioning, he confessed that he had touched the victim inappropriately. He also told police officers that he knew "his behavior was wrong".

However, when he stood before a judge, the man denied the sexual harassment charge, claiming the incident wasn't intended. He now awaits a ruling in his case, which is set to be heard on August 9.