European gang attempts to rob Dhs500,000 from three Arabs
- 31 Dec 2020
Sohaila Ahmed, Staff Reporter
The Dubai Public Prosecution arrested and referred a four-member European gang of to the criminal court for attempting to rob three Arabs of Dhs500,000 during a bitcoin exchange deal in Dubai.
The incident dates back to August 2019.
One of the victims filed a report against the four defendants, claiming that they attempted to rob his money during his visit to an office, which was trading in bitcoin.
The victim testified that he was in the company of two of his friends, with a bag of Dhs500,000, to buy bitcoin with a value less than the market.
The victims were asked to wait for the office to open. The Arabs were suddenly interrupted by the Europeans.
The four of them assaulted the victims and tried to take away the bag of money, but luckily, the victims were screaming loudly and one of them had used his body deodorant to spray on the robbers’ faces.
The defendants got scared and left the scene before being able to rob the Arabs of Dhs500,000. Police identified the defendants and successfully apprehended each one of them.
The defendants confessed to being engaged in a fight with the victims, but with no intention of stealing their money.
VISITOR UNDER ARREST: A 23-year-old African visitor was placed under arrest and referred to the criminal court, along with other runaway defendants, for impersonating police officers, assaulting a man and stealing over Dhs90,000 from him.
Official records point out that the gang were targeting bank customers after they withdrew money.
On the day of the robbery, the defendant and his accomplices saw the victim coming out of the bank, then waited until he drove his vehicle.
They followed the victim and waited until the road was empty. The gang blocked the victim’s way with their vehicle, and introduced themselves as undercover police officers.
The gang members then brutally beat up the victim, while one of them searched the victim’s vehicle for the bag of money.
During investigations, the defendant confessed to planning the robbery and mentioned that he was going to take a share of Dhs12,000 from the stolen money.
