Monday, Jul 25, 2011
Gulf News
Dubai: A 65-year-old man burst into tears when he was reunited with his valuable watch collection, which was stolen from him two years ago.
The mystery of the theft that happened two years ago was finally solved when Dubai Police arrested the man who stole the 24 valuable watches, worth Dh1 million.
Brigadier Khalil Ebrahim Al Mansouri, Director of the Criminal Investigation Department, said the suspects were arrested last week, which proves the police force continues to look for criminals no matter how much time has elapsed since the crime took place.
Lieutenant Colonel Ahmad Humaid Al Merri, Director of the Criminal Investigation Section, said the theft took place in 2009, when an Asian investor moved to Dubai from another emirate.
During the move, a watch case that contained 24 Rolex watches went missing. Some of the watches were gold plated, while others were jewel encrusted.
Although the police circulated the description and serial numbers of these watches to all watch and jewellery outlets in the UAE, the investigation had no leads until last week, when police received information that a person was trying to sell four watches carrying some of the circulated serial numbers to a well-known luxury watch outlet.
Monitored
Police monitored the suspect when he took the four watches to the jewellery shop to be valued and arrested him as soon as he left. The other 20 watches were found in his car.
The man, a GCC citizen, said the watches belonged to a Pakistani person who left them with him to sell for a commission. Police arrested the second person, who turned out to be one of the workers who had done some work at the victim’s house.
He confessed that he had taken the watch case from the victim’s house after he noticed that the victim was paying special attention to it.
The victim, a UAE resident for 30 years, identified the Pakistani suspect in a line-up and told police that this person had been working in his house.
Lt Col Al Merri said the suspects were transferred to the Public Prosecution for legal action.
Police monitored the suspect when he took the four watches to the jewellery shop to be valued and arrested him as soon as he left. The other 20 watches were found ?in his car.
By Dina Aboul Hosn, Staff Reporter
© Gulf News 2011. All rights reserved.
Gulf News
Dubai: A 65-year-old man burst into tears when he was reunited with his valuable watch collection, which was stolen from him two years ago.
The mystery of the theft that happened two years ago was finally solved when Dubai Police arrested the man who stole the 24 valuable watches, worth Dh1 million.
Brigadier Khalil Ebrahim Al Mansouri, Director of the Criminal Investigation Department, said the suspects were arrested last week, which proves the police force continues to look for criminals no matter how much time has elapsed since the crime took place.
Lieutenant Colonel Ahmad Humaid Al Merri, Director of the Criminal Investigation Section, said the theft took place in 2009, when an Asian investor moved to Dubai from another emirate.
During the move, a watch case that contained 24 Rolex watches went missing. Some of the watches were gold plated, while others were jewel encrusted.
Although the police circulated the description and serial numbers of these watches to all watch and jewellery outlets in the UAE, the investigation had no leads until last week, when police received information that a person was trying to sell four watches carrying some of the circulated serial numbers to a well-known luxury watch outlet.
Monitored
Police monitored the suspect when he took the four watches to the jewellery shop to be valued and arrested him as soon as he left. The other 20 watches were found in his car.
The man, a GCC citizen, said the watches belonged to a Pakistani person who left them with him to sell for a commission. Police arrested the second person, who turned out to be one of the workers who had done some work at the victim’s house.
He confessed that he had taken the watch case from the victim’s house after he noticed that the victim was paying special attention to it.
The victim, a UAE resident for 30 years, identified the Pakistani suspect in a line-up and told police that this person had been working in his house.
Lt Col Al Merri said the suspects were transferred to the Public Prosecution for legal action.
Police monitored the suspect when he took the four watches to the jewellery shop to be valued and arrested him as soon as he left. The other 20 watches were found ?in his car.
By Dina Aboul Hosn, Staff Reporter
© Gulf News 2011. All rights reserved.
