The
Dubai Police has busted a Nigerian armed robbery gang that has been terrorising
its citizens.
According
to Dubai's influential online newspaper, Gulf Today, a Nigerian armed robbery gang that has been terrorising the
country has been busted and the members arrested by the Ajman Police Command.
The gang comprising of five Nigerians, were involved in armed robbery at the Al
Mustaqbal money exchange in Sheikh Rashid Bin Humaid Road in Ajman, a town in
that country. The gang managed to steal Dhs2,75,000 including various foreign
currencies.
Brigadier
Sheikh Sultan Al Nuaimi, Deputy Ajman Police chief, said that the incident took
place last week when the gang members entered the exchange and attacked and
assaulted its employees, threatening them with toy guns before emptying the
premises of its cash and fleeing.
The
gang members entered the country on a visit visa, which expired long time ago.
He added that the police operations room received a call about the robbery at
around 10.30 pm last Thursday.
However,
the suspects managed to escape before the police arrived on the scene, as the
employees failed to activate the alarm in order to alert the police. Lt Col
Abdullah Saif Al Matroushi, director-general of CID at Ajman Police, said that
police formed a special team to investigate the case.
The
police team used sniffer dogs to trace the movement of the suspects and found
the shirt of one of the suspects and a toy gun used in the crime.
The
police also used the footage obtained from surveillance cameras installed at
the exchange house and the street, which assisted in revealing their car plate
number and its description.
In
cooperation with the Sharjah and Dubai Police, the team managed to identify the
suspects and their location. One of the suspects was arrested in a street in
Sharjah. He then led the police team to his accomplices in Dubai. In
coordination with the Dubai Police, the team raided the house of the suspect
and arrested the other four.
Upon
inspection of the suspect’s residence, the police seized Dhs11,000, receipts of
purchases of gold, garments and various items, as well as money transfer to
their country and currencies including US dollars, Euros, Omani riyals and
other currencies.
The
suspects confessed to their crimes and were referred to the Public
Prosecution. The police officials urged the public to take proper
precautions to avert such crimes.
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