A thief was involved with two other people in stealing a 13-meter electric cable, belonging to the Dubai Electricity and Water Authority, after he was cut from his path in a street in the Jebel Ali area, and surrendered to the General Police Investigation and Criminal Investigation Department, after feeling guilty and conscientious, Say it, and guide his partner in crime.

Investigations of the Public Prosecution in Dubai stated that the three defendants went to the work site of one of the companies supplying the Electricity Authority, cut the electrical cable, then proceeded to escape and later contacted a person residing in another emirate and sold the cable to him, and he was arrested as well for his knowledge of stealing the cable before buying it.

An engineer with the Dubai Electricity and Water Authority said that he went to the work area and discovered that an electric cable had been cut and stolen from an underground hole that was stretched to deliver electricity in the Jebel Ali industrial area, noting that he had seen the cable hours before it was stolen and confirmed its existence.

For his part, a witness from Dubai Police said that a report was received about the theft of electric cables from the Jebel Ali Industrial Area, pointing out that the site was examined and witnesses were heard, but no person was identified because there were no surveillance cameras.

He added that about a week after the incident, a call was received from the Sharjah Police Investigation Department stating that he had arrested a person with electric cables, and by asking him he had received a phone call from an unknown person stating that he had electric cables for sale, he met him and bought the cable from him.

The witness referred to the communication with the unknown who called the accused buyer, and it turned out to be one of the thieves, and by asking him by phone, he admitted his crime and pledged to attend and committed himself to that, acknowledging that he had erred and felt a remorse, and instructed his two colleagues who were arrested at a later time.

For their part, the other two defendants confessed to participating in the theft operation, and they all instructed the place from which they stole the electrical cable, and the fourth defendant confessed to the buyer that he met them and bought the cable for about 1,300 dirhams despite his knowledge of the theft, and they were all referred to the criminal courts in Dubai, which started their trial.