AN Arab transsexual has been charged with soliciting men for sex, after being spotted in the street by a police patrol.

He was seen dressed in women's clothes and a wig in Exhibition Road at dawn, after leaving a hotel, a Public Prosecutor Hassan Ataibi said yesterday.

The man, aged 20, tried to run away after police spotted him, but was caught. He was taken to Hoora Police Station, where his case was then transferred to the Public Prosecution.

He has been detained seven days on charges of soliciting, until his case goes to court.