The Criminal Court in Dubai ruled a year in prison and deportation of the right of a cleaner who used his work in a watch and jewelry store in the Gold Souk area, and stole 86 precious hours, valued at about eight million and 375 thousand dirhams.
It also imposed the same punishment on two other persons, Asians, who had obtained the stolen watches, despite knowing their source.
In the investigations, the owner of the watch shop (Arabic) said that his activity is focused on selling precious watches and jewelry. And he was surprised, while he was in the shop, with an employee who tells him that he found a "Cartier" watch, half of which was gold and half of it was steel, worth more than 30,000 dirhams, dumped in a rubbish bin inside the store, but he did not take the matter seriously, as he thought that it accidentally fell into The trash can, but the employee did not stop there, but went to another employee, and told him what happened, and they checked together the surveillance cameras, and they saw the cleaning worker (the accused) steal the watch, put it in a box and throw it in the garbage bin, in preparation for taking it out of the store.
He added that he faced the accused, so he confessed that he intended to steal the watch because he needed the money. He stressed that this is the first time he has attempted this. However, the employee did not believe him, and he decided to make an inventory of the store.
He continued that he summoned the brother of the accused, who works in the same store, and faced the defendant again in the presence of his brother, so he admitted that he stole a number of hours, including a watch brand "Gerard Belques", worth 250,000 dirhams, and another brand "Julius Nardin", worth 270. One thousand dirhams, and sold them to a Pakistani person for 10 thousand dirhams per hour.
Asked why he sold expensive watches at this low price, despite knowing their value, he stated that he had told the buyer that he had stolen them from the store, so the latter took advantage of him, and he gave him the price of one hour of them and his delay in paying the price of the other.
In the Public Prosecution investigation, the defendant admitted that he had stolen from the place where he works, and sold the movables he stole to two defendants (Harban). He was referred to the criminal court, while the other two defendants were referred to the court in absentia. The court ruled that the three be imprisoned and deported.