Asian worker gets 3 months' jail for trying to steal laundromat money box

Sohaila Ahmed, Staff Reporter

The Dubai Criminal has sentenced an Asian man to 3 months in jail, followed by deportation, for attempting to steal a money box placed inside a labor camp’s laundry.

The incident took place in October 2020, when the camp’s security guard witnessed the defendant trying to break into the money box placed inside the laundry.

Once the defendant noticed the presence of the guard, he immediately fled the place.

However, the guard managed to catch the defendant and called police to report the incident.

Police officers arrived to the scene to place the defendant under arrest, and he confessed to aiming to steal the money inside the box.

The defendant was prosecuted on robbery charges and was sentenced to 3 months in jail for the crime.