Man wanted in Dh328M financial cases arrested

dubai — The Dubai Police have arrested a man who was wanted by 16 various parties in financial cases worth around Dh328 million. The Asian suspect kept changing his hideouts for around two months to escape police. After extensive search, the cops succeeded in laying a trap and nabbed him in an ambush. He was later referred to Dubai Public Prosecution.

Separately, four Asians were arrested in various cases, including murder, and handed over to their countries following judicial orders and arrest warrants issued against them, said Colonel Saeed Abdullah Al Qamzi, deputy director of the wanted department of the Dubai Police General Investigation. He added that 11 wanted persons were nabbed during the first quarter of this year as compared to seven in the same period last year. In all, 25 wanted persons were handed over to various countries last year, he added.

Colonel Al Qamzi said the police had arrested a woman who escaped the police after she was charged for being involved in a human trafficking racket 10 years back. She was handed over to the concerned party in mid-April this year.

The wanted people department have been able to execute 98 per cent of the total arrest warrants received from other countries, and the arrest of wanted suspects in Dubai increased by 183 per cent and their handover to foreign authorities went up by 108 per cent, said Maj-Gen Khalil Ibrahim Al Mansouri, assistant commanderin-chief of Dubai Poice for criminal investigation.

He pointed out that the arrest of those who are locally wanted reached 86.9 per cent of the total wanted people, which increased by 58 per cent as compared to last year. He said the Dubai Police have a close rapport with their counterparts in other countries, and have worked with the Interpol Department at the Ministry of Interior to hand over the wanted people immediately after they landed in the country. He added that the wanted people department has achieved remarkable success in negotiating with those who fail to pay their debts and had left the country.