Dubai: Four jailed for impersonating police, robbing store of Dh700,000

Four robbers of Asian nationality have been jailed for stealing Dh709,000 from an electronics company in the Naif area in Dubai.

According to police records, this case dates back to last December. A man filed a report saying that his company headquarters, an electronics store, had been robbed under duress by four people.

He said that one of his employees called him and told him that a gang of four pretending to be CID officers came to the store and forced them to open the safe. They then made away with Dh709,000.

The man said that when he entered the office, he found three employees in a state of fear. He also saw that the money safe was open and empty.

An investigation team was able to collect evidence from the scene of the crime, including surveillance footage. They identified the four robbers and arrested three of them in a hotel in a neighbouring emirate. They had Dh600,000 on their person, which they admitted was stolen from the electronics store.

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