UAE: Gang accused of stealing vehicles worth Dh6.35m

Ajman - 55 stolen vehicles have been recovered so far.

A gang of six Arabs and Asians were sentenced to jail, while 19 others were acquitted by the Ajman Criminal Court, on charges of stealing cars worth Dh6.35 million and smuggling them outside the UAE.

According to police records, the case dated back to April 2020 when the Ajman Police carried out an operation, in cooperation with the police from other Arab countries, titled ‘The container of the darkness’. They managed to recover 55 stolen vehicles and are trying to trace the other missing ones.

“The gang was divided into two groups with each having separate roles in the crime. Members of the first group entered the UAE on visit visas and rented vehicles from firms. They then handed the vehicles over to the second group who arranged to ship the vehicles outside the country,” an official explained about the gangs' mode of operation.

The gangs shipped 28 vehicles to an Arab country in containers and presented documents to the port authorities, stating that it was home appliances inside the containers.