The Criminal Court ruled that the accused be imprisoned for 6 months and deported

Dubai Police recover a car loaded with forged papers

Dubai Police managed to retrieve a vehicle that was seized fraudulently, despite it being shipped and leaving the country on a ship, and arrested two suspects, one of whom forged a vehicle export certificate, imitated the seal of the Roads and Transport Authority, and used the forged certificate to defraud a shipping company, and the other an exhibition owner who claimed the accused The first was that he committed the crime for his own benefit, and the accused were referred to the Public Prosecution, and from there to the Criminal Court, which condemned the first, and ordered his imprisonment for six months and deportation, and acquitted the second.

A witness from the Dubai Police said that a person informed the Dubai Police of being defrauded and seizing his car, which is valued at 165,000 dirhams, pointing out that by research and investigation, it was found that the car was sold to the first suspect for only 69,000 dirhams, and the latter stopped it in one of the car showrooms in the emirate. Ajman.

The witness added that by moving to the exhibition, the worker responsible for the sale reported that the accused had brought two vehicles, including the car in question, to display in the exhibition for a month in exchange for 1,000 dirhams in commission, and left his phone number so that those wishing to buy could contact him, then he returned after a month and informed him that it would be done. Shipping the car to an Arab country, and placing the export certificate and the rest of the documents inside the car in preparation for its transportation and shipment.

The policeman, who witnessed the evidence, indicated that the shipping company was referred to, and it turned out that it was not aware of the forgery of shipping documents, and put the car in a container for transport, and actually left the country through the port of Jebel Ali, pointing out that the accused was circulated and arrested about a week after Leaving the vehicle, while measures were taken to retrieve it immediately, and the accused stated in the evidence report that he had bought the vehicle from a person, and he was not aware that it was the proceeds of a crime.

An employee of the shipping company stated in the investigations of the Public Prosecution that the accused contacted her by phone, and expressed his desire to ship a car to Lebanon. Until the investigations of the Dubai Police informed the company that the certificates were forged, and the police requested the return of the shipment, because it was obtained from a crime, so it was actually returned.

The first accused in the investigations of the Public Prosecution and before the Criminal Court denied his involvement in the crime, pointing out that he bought the car for the benefit of the owner of the car showroom (the second accused), and his role ended at this stage, pointing out that the owner of the showroom asked him to leave the country quickly, and not to mention his name in the investigations.

While the second defendant denied the allegations of the first defendant, stressing that he did not know anything about the incident, except that the first displayed the car in his showroom for a month and then moved it.

After examining the case, the criminal court ruled that the first be imprisoned for six months and deported after serving his sentence, and the second was acquitted.

• The vehicle was seized fraudulently despite being shipped and leaving the country.

• The shipping company was not aware of the falsification of the documents, so they put the car in a container for transportation.

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