They sneaked through an open window at night

Two drivers steal a safe and a truck from an unguarded company

Two drivers at a company in the industrial zone in Jebel Ali took advantage of their knowledge of the lack of security measures in the company, and infiltrated the accountant's office on the first floor, and one of them moved a heavy iron safe, containing 350,000 dirhams, to the window, and handed it to his colleague who placed it in an open truck with its keys. Belonging to the same institution, then they left through an unguarded gate.

Dubai Police was able to arrest them at a later time, and recover a large part of the stolen amount, although it was distributed to a number of companies to transfer it to their countries, and the brother of one of them was seized for possessing part of the amount.

The three were referred to the Public Prosecution in Dubai, and from there to the Criminal Court, which began their trial.

An official of the company said in the investigations of the Public Prosecution, that «one of the employees informed him of the incident of theft, and upon his arrival, two people were seen through surveillance cameras, without their features being clear, sneaking through the open office window, and one of them carried a safe on his shoulder, and they stole a truck (refrigerator) belonging to the company. ».

He pointed out that the company's drivers usually leave the keys inside, and due to the pressure of work in many cases the vehicles are constantly running to keep the goods inside the fridge, stressing that the defendants were aware of this, and they also knew that there was no security guard for the company, so they stole the safe and the car. They left unimpeded.

He added that the truck was found intact in the Lahbab area the next day directly, through the tracking system installed in it, and the police later found the safe nearby, but it was open, and 351,498 dirhams disappeared from inside, and the police recovered 281 thousand dirhams, while it was stolen. The accused are the rest of the money.

For his part, a witness from the Dubai Police said: "A research team was formed after receiving the report, and suspicions were concentrated in the employees of the company, given that the thieves have full knowledge of the place and the security holes in it."

By tracking surveillance cameras and monitoring evidence, the circle of suspicion in the accused was narrowed, and they were seized at the company's headquarters, and facing the first with evidence, he admitted that he had agreed with his colleague to steal the money safe, and went to the company's headquarters at 11 pm on June 18, and made sure that it was free of employees, then they entered To the accounting room through an open window, they transferred the safe to a truck with its key inside, and headed to Jebel Ali Street to Lehbab, and hid the safe among the trees on the side of the road, then they walked two kilometers and left the vehicle, and waited in a nearby mosque.

The accused continued that he had called a colleague to transport them in his car, justifying their presence at the place that they were with others and quarreled with them and left, then the two defendants returned the next day in a taxi with the tools necessary to break the safe, after they failed to do so during the first day, and got rid of a large amount of coins They divided the remaining amount (290 thousand dirhams), and then proceeded to transfer the sums through shops designated for that, but the Dubai police preceded them and arrested them, and recovered a large part of the stolen amount, while the company placed a guard at its headquarters after the incident.

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