DUBAI – Seven Pakistanis were jailed for three years on Wednesday forstealing Dh14 million (Rs470 million) from an armoured truck in Dubai, *GulfNewslink>*reported.
Among those jailed were three drivers who worked for the cash transfercompany, while the rest provided logistic support to it.
“Crime scene investigators and fingerprint experts examined the armouredtruck,” the report quoted a police lieutenant as saying.
“The truck’s CCTV footages clearly showed how the 37-year-old driver haddisconnected the cameras and by doing so he became the primary suspect,” headded.
On-site investigations, the lieutenant continued, revealed the involvementof two more persons … also four others were involved in aiding and abettingthe trio.”
The company’s security in charge was alerted by two Nepalese guardsthat contact with the Pakistani driver had been lost. The 37-year-olddriver had dropped them outside the premises of Al Ghurair Centre.
The manager and his staff were finally able to locate the truck parkedoutside a nearby alley with its engine turned on.
Later, an investigation into CCTV cameras showed the driver and two otherPakistanis, aged 30 and 39, carrying four bags of money to car and drivingaway from the scene.
When police combed the surrounding areas, they found the car abandoned in apoorly lit road. The three drivers were seen jumping inside a taxi to rushaway from the scene.
Police were able through investigations and tip-offs to locate the trio inSharjah. The rest of the defendants, aged between 33 and 48, were also sentbehind bars for abetting the theft.
All of the seven convicts will be departed from the country once they servetheir imprisonment. The 39-year-old, as well as those accused of abettingthe stealing, denied the charge.
The 37-year-old driver, however, admitted to prosecutors the theft and thefact that the other four accomplices were supposed to assist them intransferring the money to Pakistan.
The initial verdict is subject to appeal in a court of law.