Imprisonment of 3 persons accused of stealing 551 thousand dirhams by force

The criminal court in Dubai sentenced three accused of raiding the housing of African employees, in collusion with one of them, stealing 551 thousand dirhams, and the acquittal of a fourth accused in the case.

In detail, the criminal court in Dubai sentenced to three years imprisonment the (Gulf) unemployed who posed as a policeman, and he and two others raided an African employee, in collusion with one of them, and forcibly stole 551 thousand dirhams, and a number of smart phones and electronic devices, from the residents of the apartment, and almost He steals 91 thousand dirhams, but the victim who stole the money realized that the defendants are not policemen, so he caught the Gulf accused, and he did not leave him until after the police arrived despite the attempt to escape from him, as he discovered the collusion of his colleague who instructed the accused to the location of the money, and was arrested as well, and a ruling He must be imprisoned for five years and deported, and a third defendant also plagiarized a class A policeman and sentenced to five years in prison and deportation, while the court ruled fourth defendant acquitted.

The victim said that he worked for a general trading company, and that he would receive the money from the manager of his company and deliver it to the company involved in the transfer of money, and on the day before the incident he received an amount of 551 thousand and 200 dirhams, and he went to the other company’s headquarters to deliver it, but he was surprised by the closing of the account and the money could not be deposited, so the money was carried To his residence and put it inside an iron safe kept under a bed, with 91 thousand and 100 dirhams previously held.

While in his residence with his friends, he was surprised by three people entering the apartment and one of them dressed in Emirati uniforms, claiming that they were detectives, and one of them (the first accused) took out an ID card and quickly concealed it, then asked if there were prohibitions in the apartment, they denied this, and they searched the room They scattered its contents, found no prohibitions, then asked those present if they had money, and they confirmed that they did not possess the money, but the victim did not respond until after the fake policeman confirmed that not disclosing the existence of the money would expose them to a major criminal charge, and disclosed what was in his possession of money and opened Treasury took out the money, so the first suspect asked him about The source of those sums, then he told him that it belonged to his company, and he showed him a receipt proving that, and in the meantime the other two defendants were searching the apartment and taking the purposes of the ones present.

The victim added that the first accused asked him to accompany him to go to the police station in order to verify the veracity of his statements and take money from him, and when they went out he did not find a police patrol, and he was surprised that they were asking for a taxi and he was suspicious, so he clung to the first accused, and said to them: “You are not policemen and I will call the police »Then everyone got out of the vehicle and a fight broke out between them, and he kept holding the first accused until he prevented him from escaping, and tightened his grip on him despite the defendant's attempts to escape.

The victim indicated that he was surprised by the second accused (an African - his colleague of his nationality himself), who appears at the place, so he asked him to help him catch the accused, but the latter did not help him, but asked him to leave him as a police man, and the accused was able to escape and ride the taxi with the other defendants And he took two packages of the first money containing 551 thousand dirhams, and the second 91 thousand dirhams, but he quickly followed him and caught him and the accused threw the second package until he left it, but he was still holding it with the help of a number of people who gathered in the place, while two defendants escaped the rest of the money, before he They will be arrested later.

A witness from Dubai Police said that a report was reported of coercion theft in the Frij Al Murar area, so he moved to the site and saw about 20 people holding a person wearing a Gulf dress, so he dispersed them and transferred the accused to the police station, and from there to the Public Prosecution and the Criminal Court.