His friends brought the money and accompanied him in prison

Imprisonment of a thief who offered 200 thousand dirhams to bribe two policemen

Dubai Criminal Court sentenced the three accused to two years in prison.

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The Dubai Criminal Court ruled a two-year prison sentence for an (Asian) suspect and a fine of 200,000 dirhams, after he was found guilty of offering 200,000 dirhams a bribe to two policemen in Dubai, in exchange for his release, and the same penalty on two of his friends who brought an advance payment of cash to be delivered to the policemen, so they were arrested They were referred with their friend who was already arrested in a forced theft case.

The first accused in the Public Prosecution investigations admitted that he was arrested last June in an incident of coerced theft, and while he was in the Al-Raffa police station, he offered the policeman in charge of guarding him 100,000 dirhams in exchange for his release, so the policeman approached him and asked him for a similar amount to his colleague, so the accused agreed, and got a phone From the policeman, and he called his two friends, the other accused in the case, and asked them to bring the check book from his office, and he drew a check for 150,000 dirhams to the policeman, and the latter told him that he agreed with him on 200,000 dirhams, but the accused apologized on the pretext that he did not have the required amount, and that he would pay him 50 thousand dirhams After his release, the policeman agreed.

The accused added in his confessions that he asked his two friends to cash the check from the bank and hand the money to the policeman, but they were unable to do so due to the bank employee's insistence on obtaining verbal consent from the accused, and he called the latter, but his phone was switched off due to his arrest.

He pointed out that he contacted the policeman, and asked him to allow his friends to come to take his bank card and withdraw the required amount, so he helped him with that, and they withdrew 50 thousand dirhams as a maximum for the daily withdrawal, and handed it over to him, and he in turn handed him over to the policeman, but he was surprised that he was caught red-handed while handing the money, and his two friends were arrested , As they are aware of the content of the agreement.

They were all transferred to the Public Prosecution Office and from there to the Criminal Court, which ruled that the three years imprisonment and a fine of 200,000 dirhams were imposed.

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