A gang of five people, three Asians and one Gulf, has prepared an elaborate plan to kidnap an Asian employee from his workplace in Dubai, transfer him to a villa under construction in the emirate of Abu Dhabi and steal one million and 700,000 dirhams from him after entering the building where he claims to belong to the police. Interpol and take him in front of the security guard.
The Dubai police arrested the Gulf defendants and confiscated money they had in their possession, and referred them to the Public Prosecution and then to the Criminal Court, while the rest of the defendants fled.
The victim, a 33-year-old employee, said that he was at his duty station when the two arrested suspects came with two other people, besieged him as he emerged from the elevator with a black bag of one million and 700,000 dirhams belonging to his employer. He sat in the back with two Asian people while the two Gulfs sat in the front seat, barring him from contacting anyone but seizing the opportunity and sending a text message to his co-worker.
The victim reported that they were driving quickly, and took him to a villa under construction in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi and when they arrived there appeared a fifth defendant talking to one of the Gulf, took him from the bag and then screamed and intimidated him, and shared money in front of him, and then boarded with the first and second suspects arrested One of them went down in front of his workplace in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi while he returned with the other to Dubai where he was arrested upon arrival.
The victim's colleague stated that he received a letter from the latter stating that he was arrested by the police as soon as he left the office with one million and 700 thousand dirhams, pointing out that he came down directly to the bottom of the building upon receiving the letter and asked the security guard what happened and told him that people came to the building and highlighted Interpol papers and escorted the victim.
In his interrogation, the security guard reported that the defendants came to the building, reported that they were police. One of them showed a United Nations passport with the INTERPOL emblem and told him that they were pursuing an Asian person carrying a backpack. They asked him to turn on surveillance cameras to search for the wanted person, and he was identified as the victim. In the meantime, they saw the latter come out of the electric elevator carrying a bag on his back, besieged him and showed him the papers and then took him to an unknown destination.