A group of horsemen start making their way quiety , through the dunes and up along narrow paths.The horses carry the police symbol on their saddles-a falcon with seven stars symbolising the seven emirates .The horsemen is traditional headgear is wrapped around their foreheads.
The five horsemen are part of RAK police's patrol division , headed by Lt Col Khaled Hamad .Each emirate has a horse patrol division to monitor areas outside cities .
Armed with nothing more than mobile phones and walke talkies , the horsemen do their rounds quietly .Often they stand close to farms . They are taunted by drivers of noisy buggies who keep wanting to firghten the horses . Most of the horsemen are from India and the police try to recruit Emirati horsmen. The area of Al Awafi is one of the more popular getaways in the desert . The horses are transported from their stables in Al Salihiya to the futhest point that a car can go .
Before returning to the stables , the horsemen whistle to clam the horses to relieve themselves.
