Warehouse guards caught for Dhs9m robbery

Ehab Atta, Staff Reporter

Two warehouse security guards let a man steal cables worth Dhs9 million in return for a bribe between Dhs27,000 and Dhs30,000.

During a Dubai Criminal Court hearing on Thursday, it was revealed that the two defendants made it easy for another defendant, still at large, to enter the warehouses six times and steal electric cables and wires, machines and devices worth Dhs9 million.

Upon interrogation, the guards confessed to the charge. Part of the money they took was found in their house and the rest had been remitted to their home country.

Last month, the Dubai Criminal Court heard the case of a security guard part-timing as a bootlegger who dug his teeth in a policeman’s thumb in a botched escape.

The Comorian policeman, 31, and his colleague were combing Al Wuheida area for lawbreakers when they spotted and suspected a car whose rear was tilted downward, indicating there was excessive weight in its trunk.

The defendant was behind the wheel. There were two other men inside the car, one of them in the front passenger seat. “On trying to stop the car, its driver sped away. We chased and cornered it,” narrated the policeman.

“The two men jumped out and fled. I ran after the defendant and seized him. I was trying to shackle him when he bit my right thumb and resisted in an attempt to escape. I contacted the operations room for support.”

The Pakistani colleague, 20, narrated, “I was driving the patrol vehicle.

“I and the policeman saw a car parked in the middle of the street, surrounded by several people. It was tilted and appeared to be full of something.

“I made sirens and also waved to its driver (the defendant) to stop the engine. He refused and sped off. I chased him until he entered an alley that was blocked at the end. He reversed and knocked the patrol vehicle.”

The defendant and the two men jumped out. The colleague said he ran after the two men and failed to catch any.

He returned and found the policeman struggling to shackle the defendant’s hands behind his back.

The defendant kept pushing the policeman. “I helped force him to the ground and shackle him,” explained the colleague. A recovery vehicle carried the car and the alcoholic drinks to Al Muraqqabat Police Station.