Police in Dubai have arrested a group of people on charges of debauchery after footage of naked Russian women posing on a balcony was widely shared online.

Pictures and videos showing over a dozen naked women lined up on a balcony while being filmed in the city’s upmarket Marina neighbourhood in broad daylight circulated on social media.

It came as a shock in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), where even the likes of kissing in public or drinking alcohol without a licence has landed people in jail.

Violations of the public decency law in the country, including nudity and “lewd behaviour”, carry penalties of up to six months in prison and a 5,000 dirham (£983) fine.