They target cars in public parking and falsify their data
Imprisonment of 7 persons accused of stealing and smuggling 6 vehicles
Dubai Criminal Court issued varying sentences against gang members. Archives
The Dubai Criminal Court has convicted seven defendants, from four countries, of stealing six cars from public parking lots for people traveling outside the country, forging the papers of these cars, and smuggling them outside the country by fraudulent means. The sentences issued against the defendants varied according to the role of each of them, and it ruled for two years in prison. We were convicted of theft, the use of an official document despite knowledge of its forgery, and one year imprisonment against two others who were convicted of theft, in addition to six months for defendants convicted of financing the accused, the illegal admission of a foreigner into the country, possession and concealment of proceeds from theft, and a fine of 20,000 dirhams against a seventh accused, Was convicted of possession of plagiarism.
One of the victims said before the Dubai Criminal Court that he had traveled to his European country, and left his "Jeep Cherokee" car in a public parking lot, and when he returned after 27 days, he was surprised that the car had disappeared. He informed the police, and by watching the cameras in the parking lots, he saw a car leaving the parking lot. As soon as she crossed the metal barrier, his car immediately left behind.
For his part, a witness from Dubai Police stated that he participated in the search and investigation team that picked up the thread from the car number that preceded the exit of the stolen vehicle, as its driver quickly crossed the gate to allow the stolen car to leave before the checkpoint went down.
By searching and investigating, it became clear that the first vehicle belonged to a rental company, and that the person who rented it worked as a driver for one of the companies, so he was tracked down, and it was found that he had given the rented car to another person, then the work team followed him and made sure that he was a gang member, and this car moved from one accused to another Until I settled with an (Asian) person, then he was arrested.
With his question, he admitted that he was related to the theft of the vehicle, and guided the rest of the seven accused, pointing out that five of them were involved in stealing the vehicles and falsifying their papers to be sent abroad.
The first accused said that an (Asian) person informed him of his desire to steal the cars that their owners left in the parking lots, and would bring a "professional thief" previously expelled from the state for his involvement in theft crimes, to help them carry out the theft operations, and he actually succeeded in introducing his professional friend in an illegal way.
The first defendant added that he was responsible for operating the cars that did not have keys by switching their systems by manipulating the programming, while the other two defendants passed through those stops, examined the parked cars, and stole those in which their owners left the keys, while two defendants in the gang took over the purchase of the stolen cars. At low prices, then smuggled out of the country.
He pointed out that five of the defendants participated in the robbery, forgery of papers and smuggling cars, while two other defendants, one of whom was an Asian, had colluded with them. Them the necessary support.
He pointed out that the defendants admitted to stealing six cars in the same way, and one of the gang members admitted that his role was limited to buying a car for 20 thousand dirhams, believing that it was without papers only, and he undertook to smuggle it after changing the base number from another canceled vehicle, and included its data in the official records.
The witness stated that one of the accused was arrested while trying to leave the country through Dubai airport, and they were all transferred to the Public Prosecution in Dubai, and from there to the Criminal Court, which issued its previous rulings.
- Gang members hired a professional thief to help them steal the vehicles.
Police arrested one of the accused while trying to escape through Dubai Airport.