Dubai Police help tourist find marriage certificate

Atourist who sought help from Dubai Police to find his lost marriage certificate received a joyful surprise when police recovered it in the hotel he had stayed in. Colonel Rashid Bin Safwan, director of the Lost and Found Department in Dubai Police, said the tourist from a Gulf country was on a visit to Dubai and discovered that he lost his marriage certificate after he returned to his country. “He kept searching for the certificate for about four months. He emailed Dubai Police asking for help. He wasn’t sure where he lost it but we found the marriage certificate in the hotel he booked during his trip,” Col Bin

Safwan said.

The hotel found some papers in the room and decided to keep them. The police called the tourist to confirm the certificate and delivered it to him.

The man thanked the police especially for saving him from going through a long procedure to get a new certificate in his country.

Col Bin Safwan called on people to alert police for helping them find their lost items. “If a tourist loses an item, we dedicate a team to try to find it immediately, or sometimes send the item to his/her home country. Unfortunately, some people who lose their belongings don’t inform the authority.”

Meanwhile, Col Bin Safwan said police stations keep lost and abandoned items for around a month so the owners can claim them. All items are logged and stored in warehouses until identifying the owner, but if the owner doesn’t come to claim it, then it will be auctioned. The items included watches, jewellery, cash, smart phones, laptops, tablets and other electronics.

“We have earned Dh6.2 million in the auctions since 2017, including Dh3.8 million in an auction this year. The revenue goes to the state treasury,” Col Bin Safwan added. To report lost and found, call 901 or to go through Dubai police website:ww. dubaipolice.gov.ae

earned since 2017 by Dubai Police from auctions of lost items